When we were recently invited to an opening of Little India’s new restaurant in Upper Hutt, we decided to take the long drive (for a Wellingtonian, anything beyond 15 minutes is a long drive) into the scenic beauty of Upper Hutt.
Being after sun set, we obviously missed out on enjoying the scenic beauty, but nevertheless, the event itself made it up for that. It was an exceptionally well attended event with the who’s who of the Indian community, with our very own Jugnu Gill being the ever gracious host, greeting everyone at the door, and ushering them into his new restaurant.
The restaurant has been decorated in line with the other Little Indias across New Zealand, and has the smart, elegant, and ethnic Indian touch.
That to me is what Jugnu Gill represents to the wider community in New Zealand: class, elegance and – most importantly – humility.
Jugnu Gill was born in India; he completed his schooling from Sherwood College, Nainital and then joined the prestigious St Xaviers College in Mumbai. After two years he went on to London for further education and completed a degree in computer science. He set off on a career in computing which also took him to the US.
Somewhere along the line, computing and a burning desire to entire the hospitality scene with his other passion (for North Indian cuisine) fused.
Around the same time as the passion of crossing over was building in Jugnu’s heart and mind, his brother Sukhi Gill an accountant from England moved to New Zealand in late 1980's and opened his first Little India in Dunedin in 1991. Jugnu joined him in Dunedin in 1993 and was thrown into the deep end to learn the in's and out's of running a restaurant.
Since then the family business has expanded into other parts of New Zealand: Dunedin to Queenstown to Christchurch to Wellington to Hamilton to Auckland to Tauranga to Nelson to Melbourne – now with multiple restaurants in Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton.
Jugnu continues to create his magic across New Zealand inspiring other Indians and the wider community to dream and do things that the heart desires.
When we were recently invited to an opening of Little India’s new restaurant in Upper Hutt, we decided to take the long drive (for a Wellingtonian, anything beyond 15 minutes is a long drive) into the scenic beauty of Upper Hutt. Being after sun set, we obviously missed out on enjoying the scenic...
When we were recently invited to an opening of Little India’s new restaurant in Upper Hutt, we decided to take the long drive (for a Wellingtonian, anything beyond 15 minutes is a long drive) into the scenic beauty of Upper Hutt.
Being after sun set, we obviously missed out on enjoying the scenic beauty, but nevertheless, the event itself made it up for that. It was an exceptionally well attended event with the who’s who of the Indian community, with our very own Jugnu Gill being the ever gracious host, greeting everyone at the door, and ushering them into his new restaurant.
The restaurant has been decorated in line with the other Little Indias across New Zealand, and has the smart, elegant, and ethnic Indian touch.
That to me is what Jugnu Gill represents to the wider community in New Zealand: class, elegance and – most importantly – humility.
Jugnu Gill was born in India; he completed his schooling from Sherwood College, Nainital and then joined the prestigious St Xaviers College in Mumbai. After two years he went on to London for further education and completed a degree in computer science. He set off on a career in computing which also took him to the US.
Somewhere along the line, computing and a burning desire to entire the hospitality scene with his other passion (for North Indian cuisine) fused.
Around the same time as the passion of crossing over was building in Jugnu’s heart and mind, his brother Sukhi Gill an accountant from England moved to New Zealand in late 1980's and opened his first Little India in Dunedin in 1991. Jugnu joined him in Dunedin in 1993 and was thrown into the deep end to learn the in's and out's of running a restaurant.
Since then the family business has expanded into other parts of New Zealand: Dunedin to Queenstown to Christchurch to Wellington to Hamilton to Auckland to Tauranga to Nelson to Melbourne – now with multiple restaurants in Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton.
Jugnu continues to create his magic across New Zealand inspiring other Indians and the wider community to dream and do things that the heart desires.
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