Nosha’s has been a dream of owner Yvette since
a young age. After suffering a terrible accident when
she was a little girl, forcing her to eat through a
straw for months, her father lovingly nicknamed her
‘Nosha’. Yvette and her father, who was a chef, had
always talked about opening a restaurant together,
but unfortunately he passed away before they could
make that dream a reality.
In 2014, Yvette received some more heart-breaking
news. Her brother, who she had always been very
close to, was diagnosed with cancer. Two days la-
ter she saw an ad for a small premises and not long
after Nosha’s was born. It was the fulfilment of a
lifelong dream, but mostly she was motivated by
her brother, wanting to provide him with a familiar
and comfortable place to go to everyday that would
allow him to continue socialising with others.
Initially the food was standard lunchtime fair, but
after spending a lot of time researching healthy diets
for cancer sufferer’s she decided to start moving
towards a healthier menu.
Sadly, he passed away two years ago, but Yvette
has continued to provide nutritious food for others
with specific dietary needs. Yvette and her partner
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prepare a variety of fresh meals on the premises
each day, offering low salt and low fat meals as well
as vegetarian, gluten and lactose free options, that
are tasty as well as nourishing. Speaking to Yvette,
you can immediately see that she has poured a lot of
heart and passion into Nosha’s and her food is lovin-
gly prepared with her family always in mind.
They have been so popular that over the past few
years they have even catered for some of the artists
who have performed at the Gibraltar Music Festival.
Some of their more popular meals are her auber-
gine bake, filled baked sweet potatoes, meatballs,
cheese and spinach pastries and baked potato ome-
lette.
On top of providing healthy lunches for their cus-
tomers, they are also doing their bit to help the envi-
ronment by reducing their plastic waste.
Their food containers are made of sugar cane,
their cutlery is bamboo and even their soup contai-
ners are plant based, setting an amazing example for
other similar businesses.
You can visit Nosha’s on the first floor of the ICC,
Monday to Friday from 8am to 3pm.They are also
available on Hungry Monkey.
OTWO 01 / AUGUST 2019