casual dining genre mozambican portuguese peri peri chicken founded 1987 rosettenville johannesburg founder fernando duarte and robert brozin headquarters johannesburg south africa key people dick enthoven owner robby enthoven ceo products chicken and related mozambican portuguese cuisine foods website nandos.com nando s is an international casual dining restaurant chain originating from south africa with a mozambican portuguese theme . 1 founded in 1987 nando s operates about 1 000 outlets in 30 countries . 2 3 nando s specialises in chicken dishes with lemon and herb mango and lime medium hot extra hot or extra extra hot piri piri marinades properly known as galinha africana . in some countries nando s has other flavour options such as mediterranean and tangy tomato . citation needed contents 1 history 2 food 3 global locations 3.1 africa 3.1.1 south africa 3.1.2 botswana 3.1.3 mauritius 3.1.4 namibia 3.1.5 swaziland 3.1.6 zambia 3.1.7 zimbabwe 3.2 asia 3.2.1 bangladesh 3.2.2 india 3.2.3 malaysia 3.2.4 pakistan 3.2.5 qatar 3.2.6 singapore 3.2.7 united arab emirates 3.2.8 bahrain 3.3 europe 3.3.1 ireland 3.3.2 united kingdom 3.4 north america 3.4.1 canada 3.4.2 united states 3.5 oceania 3.5.1 australia 3.5.2 new zealand 4 controversies 4.1 advertising 4.1.1 australian illegal immigrants advertisement 4.1.2 malema advertisement 4.1.3 last dictator advertisement 4.2 tax haven 4.3 nando s black card 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit the restaurant was founded in 1987 in the johannesburg suburb rosettenville when portuguese born audio engineer fernando duarte took his entrepreneur friend robert brozin to a portuguese takeaway called chickenland for a meal . after trying the chicken cooked in piri piri a chilli sauce originating in mozambique they bought the restaurant for about 80 000 rand equivalent of about 25 000 at the time . 3 they renamed the restaurant nando s after fernando . after two years the restaurant had four outlets three in johannesburg and one in portugal . by 2013 around 1 000 nando s branches were in 35 countries . 3 in 2010 advertising age magazine named nando s as one of the world s top 30 hottest marketing brands . 4 as of july 2014 the nando s restaurant group is ultimately owned by south african businessman dick enthoven and his family . enthoven s son robby enthoven was responsible for expanding the nando s chain in the united kingdom . 5 food edit an example of food served in nando s nando s specialises in flame grilled peri peri chicken . the chicken is served in quarters halves wholes and butterfly breasts . it also serves burgers pitas salads wings and wraps . in some countries nando s sells chicken livers espetadas a large stand with a skewer of chicken breast and grilled peppers and cataplana a chicken and rice dish served in a traditional portuguese copper dish . 6 global locations edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message nando s locations worldwide nando s has locations in australia bahrain bangladesh botswana canada fiji india ireland malaysia mauritius namibia new zealand nigeria oman pakistan qatar singapore south africa swaziland united arab emirates united kingdom united states zambia and zimbabwe . 2 africa edit nando s take away in canal walk shopping mall cape town south africa south africa edit see also list of restaurants in south africa the first nando s restaurant was opened in south africa in 1987 by fernando duarte . 3 7 by 1997 there were 105 nando s restaurants in the country . 8 botswana edit nando s has been operating in botswana since 1993 . 2 mauritius edit there are three nando s restaurants in mauritius . 9 10 11 namibia edit nando s launched in namibia in 1995 . 2 swaziland edit there are two outlets in swaziland in mbabane and manzini . 12 zambia edit nando s began operating in zambia in 2002 . 2 zimbabwe edit in zimbabwe there are a total of 11 restaurants . 13 asia edit nando s in penang malaysia nando s in singapore bangladesh edit nando s has been running in bangladesh since 2007 . the first restaurant was opened in dhanmondi area . it is running there as a franchised business . all of the outlets in bangladesh sell halal foods . citation needed india edit nando s opened restaurants in india in late 2010 . as of february 2013 update nando s has restaurants in five cities . 14 nando s plans additional expansion in india . 15 malaysia edit nando s has been established in malaysia since 1998 . as of may 2015 there were 69 restaurants operating throughout the country . 16 pakistan edit nando s has been established since 2001 it has currently eight restaurants nationwide . 17 qatar edit in qatar nando s has been established since 2001 with the first restaurant located on salwa road . 18 singapore edit in singapore nando s opened its first restaurant on 9 may 2010 19 as of december 2015 update there are eleven outlets in singapore . 20 united arab emirates edit nando s in uae was established in 2002 . there are currently 15 nando s restaurants operating throughout the country . citation needed bahrain edit in bahrain nando s have 3 restaurants operating throughout the country . citation needed europe edit ireland edit nando s was first established in ireland in 2008 . the company opened its flagship restaurant on st andrew street in the city centre of dublin in november 2011 employing 60 staff members to manage a 3 800 square feet 350 m2 space spread over two floors . 21 22 as of early 2015 they have expanded to a total of 10 outlets in ireland . 23 united kingdom edit nando s restaurant at the white rose centre in leeds west yorkshire . nando s opened its first uk restaurant in 1992 in the west london suburbs of ealing and earls court initially focusing on takeaway food . 3 the uk arm owned by the enthoven family via a private equity company struggled until chairman dick enthoven put his son robert in control . the focus then moved from takeaways to a mixed service counter ordering and table service model . 3 branches also chose individual design and decor to move away from a restaurant chain image . the company employs around 8 000 staff in the uk and as of 2013 had over 280 branches in great britain and northern ireland with some 60 being halal . 3 in 2010 nando s uk won the sunday times s best place to work award in the big company category . 24 its sauces and marinades were also retailed in uk supermarkets . 24 nando s claims to have the largest collection of south african art in the uk with over 5 000 works displayed in restaurants ; original artworks are commissioned by the company . 24 25 nando s takeaway can also be ordered online to be collected in store . north america edit nando s chicago in the streeterville neighborhood canada edit nando s has operated since 1994 in canada with branches in the provinces of british columbia alberta and ontario . 26 united states edit nando s opened its first united states location in 2008 in washington d.c. nando s currently has over 30 restaurants in the us seven in the chicago area four in washington d.c. ; thirteen in maryland ; and six in virginia . 27 oceania edit a nando s franchise in palmerston north new zealand . australia edit nando s has been in the australian marketplace since 1990 when the first restaurant opened in tuart hill in western australia . as of 2013 update there were over 270 restaurants in australia with further growth planned . 28 29 nando s australia uses certified halal chicken throughout its chains and they do not come in contact with any non halal food items . 30 however they do sell alcohol and bacon in many restaurants . new zealand edit nando s opened their first store in glenfield in 2000 . as of february 2013 update there are 31 nando s outlets in new zealand . 31 controversies edit advertising edit australian illegal immigrants advertisement edit in australia nando s ran an advertising campaign based around the 2002 political controversy regarding the mandatory detention of illegal immigrants . the detainees had been waging a hunger strike campaign even resorting to physically sewing their lips closed . nando s adverts proclaimed that the strikers decided to unsew their lips after hearing the news that with every nando s quarter chicken combo nando s are giving away an extra quarter chicken free . melbourne s sphere advertising said that the ad was designed to spark controversy saying that they knew that there s a section of our audience that s going to be uncomfortable ... but we want to evoke a response . 32 malema advertisement edit during the south african national elections of 2009 nando s made an advert lampooning african national congress youth league then president julius malema by using a puppet that resembled him . malema s lawyers sued nando s and the original advert was removed . however an altered version was released with the puppet s face pixelated and the voice altered . the puppet used in the advert was later sold at auction for r100 000 which was donated to an educational charity . 33 last dictator advertisement edit in 2011 nando s launched a last dictators advert in south africa . 34 the 60 second commercial shows a sad robert mugabe dining alone at christmas in a large mansion while he reminisces about happier times with former dictators such as playing water tag with muammar gaddafi making snow angels in the sand with saddam hussein singing karaoke with mao zedong pushing p. w. botha on a swing set and riding a tank with idi amin in a similar fashion to leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet embracing each other from the movie titanic while the music from those were the days is being played . musekiwa kumbula holder of the nando s franchise in zimbabwe said his group strongly feels the advertisement is insensitive and in poor taste . the advert also offended chipangano a zimbabwean youth militia loyal to mugabe who then demanded an apology from nando s threatened to boycott the south africa based chain and demanded the ad be withdrawn or the restaurant face retribution . 35 nando s south africa subsequently withdrew the advert citing threats to its staff in zimbabwe from a youth group . 36 tax haven edit both the guardian newspaper uk and the american non profit publication icij received documents in july 2014 revealing the details of past and present offshore clients of wealth managers kleinwort benson including the nando s restaurant group . the guardian published its belief that through the use of businesses in malta guernsey and the netherlands enthoven legally reduces the group s uk corporation tax bill by up to a third . according to the british newspaper enthoven s profits eventually accumulate in the kleinwort benson managed taro iii trust that is based in jersey and contains at least 750 million . 5 while no member of the enthoven family agreed to speak with the guardian a company representative responded to the publication s invitation to respond and explained that uk tax laws are not applicable to enthoven as he enthoven is not resident in the us or the uk . the spokesperson also stated that in the uk nando s paid corporation tax of 12.6 million on a profit of 58.2 million for the year ending february 2013 . 5 nando s black card edit for several years nando s repeatedly denied