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Shilpa Shetty claims her restaurant Bastian paid ‘highest GST’ last year: ‘Got more calls for bookings than for work’

Shilpa Shetty said that her restaurant Bastian was the highest GST payer in the hospitality industry in the last financial year.

shilpa shetty newsShilpa Shetty is an investor at Bastian. (Photo: Shilpa Shetty/Instagram)

Shilpa Shetty has been an actor for over three decades, but in the last few years, she has diversified her portfolio and invested in many business ventures. One of her most popular business ventures is her restaurant Bastian, in Mumbai. The restaurant is a Mumbai hotspot and often features on Shilpa’s Instagram feed. In a recent interview, Shilpa said that her managers get more calls for bookings at Bastian than for her work.

In a chat with Zoom TV, Shilpa described the restaurant as her “pride and joy,” and said that she was destined to be in the hospitality space. “The hospitality business is something I had to transition into because I’m a Shetty, of course. So Ranjit Bindra, Raj and I are great partners because we are like-minded people. I didn’t have to do too much to run the business. He went to Laroche in Switzerland, so he knows how to handle hospitality,” she said.

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Shilpa spoke about the vibe of the restaurant, and said, “What Bastian has become and how people love Bastian – is incredible. Just to be able to cater to three generations and create that whole vibe of celebration is such a compliment for us as owners.” Many social media gurus have been trying to decode the exact amount of money that Bastian makes but Shilpa discarded their speculation and said that they are all underestimating the restaurant’s true revenue. She also added that they were the highest payers of GST in the hospitality industry in the last financial year. “They’re all wrong, and their numbers are totally wrong. We’re making much more than that (laughs). Last time we paid the highest GST for the hospitality. My managers tell me they get more calls to book seats in Bastian than for my work,” she said.

Shilpa joined the company in 2019 and currently, they have two restaurants in Mumbai – Worli and Bandra. They have another restaurant named Bizza in Mumbai.

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First uploaded on: 09-03-2024 at 18:21 IST
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