cafe chain founded 1998 founder juliette joffe russel joffe andrew jacobs headquarters united kingdom parent tesco website www.giraffe.net giraffe restaurants is a united kingdom restaurant and cafe chain founded in hampstead in 1998 by juliette joffe russel joffe and andrew jacobs . giraffe was owned by its founders with additional financial backing from private shareholders 3i investment group and chairman luke johnson . 3i invested 10 million in the company in 2006 in a deal that valued the chain at 24 million . 1 on 13 march 2013 it was announced that the chain was to be acquired by tesco for 48.6 m. 2 as part of the acquisition 3i and risk capital partners sold their shares in the company . 3 in june 2016 tesco reached an agreement to sell the company to boparan holdings . 4 contents 1 branches 2 awards 3 references 4 external links branches edit giraffe at trinity leeds . the company has 48 outlets across the uk including fifteen in london . the company s first outlet in scotland is in aberdeen s shopping development union square . a second opened at siverburn shopping centre in glasgow on 30 june 2014 . 5 in autumn 2014 branches opened at tesco stores in bournemouth inverness and poole . it was announced in january 2016 that 4 restaurants will be closing or moving over to the tesco family dining cafe brand . the 4 that are closing are silverburn newcastle poole and swindon . it was further announced in march 2016 another 7 restaurants are to close . these include york martlesham bournemouth and sutton . tesco are getting rid of all the giraffes located inside a tesco . awards edit junior awards best restaurant commendation spring 2011 best family restaurant hardens 2011 best in social media caterer web awards 2010 6 best corporate twitter goldentwits.com 2011 deal of the year for tootises acquisition 2010 r150 best family restaurant 2009 peach network best breakthrough brand 2007 eat out magazine top 50 foodservice operators 2007 retailers retailer awards best emerging concept 2006 observer best family restaurant 2005 hardens best brunch 2004 & 2005 retailers retailer best newcomer 2003 references edit walsh dominic 6 october 2006 . 3i to put 10m into restaurants . london the times . retrieved 2009 06 15 . tesco acquires award winning restaurant group giraffe . tesco plc. retrieved 2013 03 13 . tesco buys giraffe restaurants . bbc . 13 march 2013 . retrieved 2 june 2014 . tesco sells giraffe restaurant chain and turkish business . bbc news . 10 june 2016 . retrieved 10 june 2016 . glasgow silverburn . giraffe.net . retrieved 2016 02 10 . javascript is disabled in your browser . . caterersearch.com . retrieved 2016 02 10 . external links edit official website media related to giraffe restaurant chain at wikimedia commons v t e food chains in the united kingdom casual dining angus steakhouse ask beefeater grill bella italia brewers fayre byron hamburgers caf rouge carluccio s chiquito damon s ed s easy diner frankie & benny s giraffe gourmet 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