Cyrus Todiwala OBE is Proprietor and Executive Chef of the Café Spice Namasté restaurant, consults for the Tesco

Tesco

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 Finest range, manages two other restaurants - The Parsee in Highgate

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 and Cafe T in New Cavendish Street - and has been credited with an innovative and fresh approach to Indian cuisine in addition to being a champion of learning in the workplace.

Cyrus has been awarded an OBE in the 2010 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to the hospitality industry.

In 2000, Cyrus was awarded an MBE in recognition of his extensive knowledge, skill, commitment and expertise to the restaurant and catering industry.

Born and brought up in Bombay, as it was then known, India

India

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, Cyrus Todiwala OBE graduated from that city’s Catering College and trained as a chef with Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces in India.
He left India for Europe in 1991, where he developed his hallmark style of blending traditional Indian culinary techniques and flavours with more unexpected ingredients.
Being a keen environmentalist, he cooks with organic products wherever possible.

Cyrus regularly appears on BBC

BBC

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 Food and Drink, BBC UK Today, Saturday Kitchen

Saturday Kitchen

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, Channel 4

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’s The Big Breakfast

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, BBC World Service

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, Channel 4’s Light Lunch, BBC’s Money Matters, BBC Educational programmes as well as regular slots on national radio stations such as BBC Radio 4

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, BBC Radio 5 Live

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and Talk Radio.