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title: "SF Gate: ‘It's 20 Years in the Making': Grégoire Restaurant in Berkeley Prepares to Franchise"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/24dad051-cfa9-41c6-a3f6-17751ecafa0b
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/sf-gate-its-20-years-in-the-making-gregoire-restaurant-in-berkeley-prepares-to-franchise-2719002
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2022-06-28T13:08:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:11:36.676Z
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# SF Gate: ‘It's 20 Years in the Making': Grégoire Restaurant in Berkeley Prepares to Franchise

**TL;DR:** Grégoire, a high-end takeout restaurant in Berkeley, is preparing to franchise its business after 20 years of serving the local community. Founder Grégoire Jacquet plans to start with a central kitchen to ensure quality and consistency in new locations.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-06-28. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/sf-gate-its-20-years-in-the-making-gregoire-restaurant-in-berkeley-prepares-to-franchise-2719002).*

## Story

For two decades, Grégoire has been serving high-end take out and round crispy potato puffs to Berkeley students and long-time residents alike. It may not sound like a fancy spot, but Grégoire has fine dining in its soul. Founder and five-star-restaurant trained chef Grégoire Jacquet has thoroughly enjoyed making a name for his brand in the San Francisco Bay area. Now he’s opened up the business to franchising opportunities so the company can expand to new locations.

“Organizing a franchise system is no small potatoes.” says Jacquet.“I've been working on the franchise for every second of the day.”

He plans to start with a central kitchen, where he and a team can prepare food and deliver it to the new locations. His goal is a seamless system where he can ensure the new locations meet his standards for quality and consistency. Eventually, he’d like to have his name on restaurants around the country.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchising (topic)
- restaurant expansion (topic)
- Gregoire (company)
- Grégoire Jacquet (person)
- central kitchen (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/sf-gate-its-20-years-in-the-making-gregoire-restaurant-in-berkeley-prepares-to-franchise-2719002). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/24dad051-cfa9-41c6-a3f6-17751ecafa0b).