Entrepreneurial trio open first deli venture on Team Valley trading estate

A new deli has opened in Enterprise House on Team Valley’s trading estate.

The first joint business venture for friends Emilia Keladitis, Chloe Lewis and chef Richard Sim, Sim’s Kitchen is open from 7am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday. The deli is said to use seasonal, local ingredients.

Emilia Keladitis, joint owner of Sim’s Kitchen, said: “When I moved to the North East from London four years ago, I missed the variety of the food on offer.

“The North East has some fantastic local produce available, so from day one I wanted to open a deli that fully exploited this.

“As soon as I met Chloe and Richard and we got talking about our passion for food, I knew we would make a great team and, four years later, here we are opening our first deli together!

“I was always impressed by the Team Valley estate and the incredible mix of businesses here. We felt like we could add something different to the food offering and it made perfect sense to make this our first site.”

Sim’s Kitchen is a part of a multi-million-pound investment into Enterprise House by UK Land Estates, the largest commercial property investment and development company in the region.

The shop - covering 900 sq ft - will join other neighbouring businesses such as Digital Allies, Genisys Technology Solutions and Nine Oak Financial Management already established in the recently redeveloped building.

Co-founder, Richard Sim, added: “Our concept is simply to prepare fresh food, using quality local and seasonal produce.

“Sim’s Kitchen serves the food that we love to eat ourselves and we will keep it interesting by mixing it up daily.”

Tim Witty, development director at UK Land Estates, concluded: “Sim’s Kitchen is another positive step in the development of our Team Valley estate - bringing new jobs and an exciting new food offering to our tenants and local residents.”