Frank Berni (30 October 1903 – 10 July 2000) was an Italian-born British restaurateur, known for the

Berni Inn Berni Inn was a chain of British steakhouses, established in 1955. It was established by brothers Frank and Aldo Berni, who modelled the chain on restaurants they had seen in America. The restaurants introduced the postwar British public to its ...

restaurant chain that he founded with his younger brother

Aldo Berni Aldo Berni (14 March 1909 – 12 October 1997) was an Italian-born British restaurateur, known for the Berni Inn Berni Inn was a chain of British steakhouses, established in 1955. It was established by brothers Frank and Aldo Berni, who mo ...

Career

Frank Berni was born on 30 October 1903 in Bardi, northern Italy. He was the eldest of Louis Berni's three sons. Louis Berni was the owner of a business called ''Louis Café'' in

Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale (; cy, Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr con ...

, Wales. Berni finished his education in Italy, and then left for Wales, where his father had a cafe business.

Personal life

In 1942, Berni married Lina Allegri, who was from a Welsh Italian family involved in the cafe business in

Llanelli Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. ...

. They had two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berni, Frank 1903 births 2000 deaths People from the Province of Parma British restaurateurs Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom 20th-century British businesspeople