D&D London is a group of luxury restaurants, bars and hotels based principally in London , but also with venues in Leeds, Paris, New York and Tokyo. It was founded by Des Gunewardena and David Loewi (the eponymous D and D) in 2006, following a buyout of Conran Restaurants, which itself was established back in 1991. The company was already central to LondonÍs restaurant scene, owning some of the capitalÍs most celebrated restaurants, such as QuaglinoÍs, Le Pont de la Tour, ChelseaÍs famous Bluebird and City favourite Coq dÍArgent. The group also created and owned The Great Eastern Hotel (sold to Hyatt Hotels in 2006 and now rebranded as Andaz) Alcazar in Paris and GuastavinoÍs in New York, among others. Since 2006 the collection has continued to grow, with the acquisition of Image Restaurants in 2007 (Avenue, Kensington Place and Launceston Place), and launches including Skylon, Old Bengal Warehouse (Fish Market, New Street Grill, New Street Wine Shop and Old Bengal Bar), South Place Hotel (with its two restaurants, 3 South Place and the Michelin-Starred Angler) and the jointly-owned Modern Pantry restaurants in Clerkenwell and the City. Outside London the company opened Crafthouse and Angelica in Leeds, and international venues Bacino, Ebisu and Custom House Bar & Grill in Copenhagen (sold to a consortium in 2012), as well as TokyoÍs Botanica and Iconic restaurants (operated under licence by Hiramatsu Inc). In addition to the restaurants, D&D in 2015 unveiled a new outside event-creation business named Alexander & Bj_rck in collaboration with Lena Bj_rck. Today D&D London owns and operates 35 restaurants, one with a Michelin Star, and an award-winning hotel. It has also been recognised as a leading business in caring for the environment and is currently the SRAÍs Sustainable Large Restaurant Group of the Year. D&D has aggregate revenues of over £100m p.a. and employs over 2,000 staff.