Full coverage: Brody Sweeney

Brody Sweeney built O’Brien’s Irish Sandwich Bars into a global brand. When he lost control of it, he started again with Camile Thai. The entrepreneur talks about making a franchise work and the future of the food industry.

Utilising drones, cloud kitchens and logistics technology, the entrepreneur Brody Sweeney intends to grow Camile Thai into the biggest Thai food business in the UK. But first, Sweeney simply wants to nurse his business through the unfolding Covid-19 crisis.

Web Summit co-founder Paddy Cosgrave and venture capital veteran Brian Caulfield have taken strategic stakes in Irish restaurant chain Camile Thai. The move comes as Brody Sweeney’s healthy fast food group teams up with Bobby Healy’s drone firm Manna Aero.