Award winning fried chicken by the bucket load
Our founder Matt Harris started Thunderbird Fried Chicken in an old ambulance, hitting the street food scene with a bang and graduating to ‘bricks and mortar’ locations in 2019 after winning London WingFest for the Best Wings in London
Our founder, Matt Harris started Thunderbird Fried Chicken in an old ambulance, hitting the London street food scene with a bang and going on to win WingFest for the Best Wings in London, before graduating to ‘bricks and mortar’ locations in 2019.
Quality is at the core of everything we do at Thunderbird, and we’ve got the awards to prove it! We carefully brine our chicken for a minimum of 12 hours, then hand bread and cook it to order, to make sure every guest gets the hottest, freshest, fastest chicken. Our recipes are reinvented classics; we take traditional fried chicken recipes, analyse what makes them great, then improve every element using a science and a good dose of creativity. We serve it with a smile and believe in good old-fashioned hospitality. We’ve developed a very loyal fanbase over the years and have won 11 awards at WingFest!
We are driven heavily by our values of Family, Trust, Pride, Fun and Authenticity, which weave their way into our everyday operations. We are a ‘people first’ organisation and endeavour to give our teams industry leading training, support and development.
“My vision for Thunderbird is to build a business that’s loved equally by our employees and guests. If people love eating with us and working with us then success will inevitably follow” Matt Harris, Founder.
- We operate counter service in a fast casual environment, with a premium, award winning menu
- We have a flexible footprint of 900 to 1800sqft and work in a variety of locations from high streets and shopping centres to food markets
- Our interiors match our food; inspired by retro Americana, reinvented for modern Britain
- Our menu is adaptable to meet local tastes, day parts and occasions
- Streamlined national and international supply chain
- Experienced management team and sector leading chairman
Our stores
- 6 locations open in London with several in the pipeline
- 6 franchised locations with Parkdean Holiday Resorts
Ideal Partner
Experienced operator within their market, with preferred multi-site experience and a passion for food and hospitality.
Seeking
- UK: Experienced Multi Unit Franchisees
- International Markets: Experienced Multi Unit Franchisees or whole country territories. Markets of interest include Ireland, mainline Europe and the Middle East
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