A family run business serving up delicious food from Southern India has joined the popular street food market at Five Valleys in Stroud.
The Biryani Pot is the creation of chef Gautam Kaila who has experience of cooking in high end kitchens in India – more recently he has been the head chef at Bath’s Fine Cheese Company and the luxury Calcot Manor.
Now Gautam has realised the dream of running his own business full time by expanding his home delivery service to a wider audience at the busy town centre street food market.

Gautam creates delicious, authentic Hydrabadi Biryani dishes as well as dosa, chai and other snacks and delicious chutneys. He started cooking the famous dish in traditional clay pots after missing the cuisine of his childhood.
He quickly built up a home delivery following and now Gautam is serving up his fabulous spicy rice dishes at Five Valleys, all cooked in the traditional Hydrabadi style.
Biryani is a popular dish of layers of savoury meat – usually chicken or goat or sometimes vegetables – steamed together with basmati rice and spices. The bottom layer of rice absorbs the meat juices as it cooks, giving that rice a tender texture and a rich flavour, while the top layer of rice remains white and fluffy.
While there are so many versions of Biryani, the most famous and the best are from Hyderabad, where Gautam’s recipes come from, presented in traditional Indian clay pots.
Gautam said: “I love the flavours and recipes of Southern India and the region I grew up in, and I am so excited to have expanded the Biryani Pot to bring our dishes to Five Valleys Market.
“It is such a great location for authentic street food and we’re proud to be part of the market and looking forward to growing the business here.”
Centre Manager at Five Valleys, Erica Malpass, said: “We’re really pleased to welcome Gautam and the Biryani Pot to Five Valleys, the food looks absolutely fantastic and it’s a great addition to our market here. The market is building up such a great reputation in the area for street food from around the world.”
To keep up to date with news and events at Five Valleys visit www.fivevalleysstroud.co.uk and to find out more about the Biryani Pot go to www.thebiryanipot.co.uk
The Biryani Pot is open at Five Valleys Market at the following times:
Tuesday – Thursday 10am – 5pm, Friday 10am – 8pm, Saturday 9am – 5pm