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| name = Tommy Miah | image = | image_size = 220px | caption = | birth_name = Mohammad Ajman Miah | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|3|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Moulvibazar, Jalalabad District, Chittagong Division, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) | death_date = | death_place = | style = Bangladeshi/Indian Cuisine | education = Aston Manor School | prevrests = Curry Capital (formerly Rupali) | spouse = {{marriage|Rina Miah|1975}} | ratings = | restaurants = Raj Restaurant | television = | website = {{URL|tommymiah.com/Home.html}} }} Mohammad Ajman Miah, MBE FRSA (born 28 March 1959), better known as Tommy Miah, is a Bangladeshi-born British celebrity chef, owner of the award-winning Raj Restaurant and founder of the International Indian Chef of the Year Competition.[1] He is often recognised as the "Curry King" in Britain. Early lifeMiah was born in a village in Moulvibazar, Jalalabad, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He arrived at the age of 10 to Birmingham, England, with limited knowledge of English. He became interested in food and cooking due to which he began by working in the catering industry.[2] He began by starting his own small takeout restaurant at the age of 17. Throughout the years working with hard work and determination, led to success in his business.[3] CareerMiah established himself in Edinburgh and founded the award-winning Raj Restaurant. In 1991, he founded the International Indian Chef of the Year Competition, to promote innovation and quality in Indian cooking, which attracts 5000 entrants from around the world.[4] The competition also consists of an event to raise funds for the Sreepur Village Orphanage in Bangladesh. He was chosen to head the first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Food Festival in Delhi. He was also selected by the Bangladesh Foreign Office to represent Bangladesh, cooking typical Bangladeshi staple dishes.[5] With his status being as a celebrity chef, including having his own television show in Bangladesh, and with the experience of international dining and catering, Miah has established the foundation of the Tommy Miah Institute of Hospitality Management, which is an institution which trains Bangladeshis in the international hospitality industry. In Bangladesh, Miah's recipes for of any types of cuisine such as Bangladeshi, Thai, Indian and Chinese meals can be requested through text message from any Banglalink mobile phone. He also owns the Original Raj Hotel in Murrayfield and The Heritage Restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[6] Miah's achievements includes, delivering a curry lunch-box to 10 Downing Street for the then Prime Minister John Major's 50th birthday, producing the world's largest curry which was large enough to feed 10,000, promoting innovation and quality in Asian cuisine, developing dishes for high class manufacturers, writing cooking books, and he was the first to make Indian meals available on flights worldwide.[2][6] He has sponsored for many charity groups both in Bangladesh and Britain, which includes, 'Cancer Research UK,' ‘Shishu Polli,' ‘Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed' and the 'ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital.'[7] Tommy Miah runs food hygiene classes for refugee camps in Bangladesh, and also sponsors foreign students to study in the UK. Awards and recognitionIn 2004, Miah was elected a fellow of Royal Society of Arts.[8] In 2017, Miah was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for his services to the hospitality industry and charity.[9][10] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tommymiah.com|title=Biography|publisher=tommymiah.com|date= |accessdate=24 May 2009}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.icddrb.org/news/index.jsp?idDetails=111&typeOfNews=News%20and%20Events|title=The new international flavour of ICDDR,B|publisher=ICDDR,B|date=31 October 2006|accessdate=24 May 2009}} 3. ^{{cite book |last1=Karim|first1=Mohammed Abdul|last2=Karim|first2=Shahadoth|title=British Bangladeshi Who's Who|url=http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/Profile/Miah,%20Mr%20Tommy.pdf|date=July 2008|publisher=British Bangla Media Group|page=155|isbn= |accessdate=1 August 2008}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.indianchefoftheyear.com/|title=The Indian Chef of the Year|publisher= |date= |accessdate=24 May 2009}} 5. ^{{cite news|last=|first=|url=http://www.chupmagazine.com/tommy.htm|title=Tommy Miah Heads SAARC Festival Team|work=|location=|publisher=Chup Magazine|date=|accessdate=24 May 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908080322/http://www.chupmagazine.com/tommy.htm|archivedate=8 September 2008|df=dmy-all}} 6. ^1 {{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://blogs.ittefaq.com/tech/archives/2006/08/curry_king_puts_1.html|title=Curry King puts word of his recipes out by text|work= |location=Bangladesh|publisher=The Daily Ittefaq|date=August 2006|accessdate=24 May 2009}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/tommy-miah-corner.html|title=Tommy Miah|work=CurryPedia|publisher=Curries Online|date=|accessdate=3 April 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501042042/http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/tommy-miah-corner.html|archivedate=1 May 2009|df=dmy-all}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.britbangla.net/successprofiles.html#tommy|title=British Bengali Success Stories|publisher=BritBangla|year=2003|accessdate=6 May 2011}} Tommy Miah 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B10|date=17 June 2017}} 10. ^{{cite news |last=Furness|first=Hannah|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/queens-birthday-honours-arise-sir-billy-connolly-paul-mccartney/|title= Queen's Birthday Honours: Arise Sir Billy Connolly as Paul McCartney, JK Rowling and Delia Smith given honours |work= |location= |publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 June 2017|accessdate=1 July 2017}} External links
13 : 1959 births|Living people|British Muslims|Bangladeshi emigrants to Scotland|Bangladeshi emigrants to England|British chefs|Chefs of Indian cuisine|British restaurateurs|Bangladeshi businesspeople|People from Moulvibazar District|People from Edinburgh|Members of the Order of the British Empire|Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom |
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