You might expect the sale to have meant a whopping pay day for the chain's founder, foodie entrepreneur Alan Yau. But he lost touch with Wagamama decades ago: selling out to private equity in 1997 ...

The founder of the Wagamama chain of restaurants has spoken about how he was inspired to create the noodle icon, and has revealed where the name came from. Alan Yau, now a 60-year-old multi ...