Cyrus Todiwala

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cyrus Todiwala
Occupation	Restaurateur
Date Of Birth	Oct 16, 1956(1956-10-16)
Age	68
Country	India
Birth City	Mumbai
Horoscope	Libra

Cyrus Todiwala Biography

Cyrus Todiwala is one of the most popular and richest Restaurateur who was born on October 16, 1956 in Mumbai, India. Cyrus Rustom Todiwala OBE, D.L., (born on 16th October, 1956) is an Indian British chef-owner at Cafe Spice Namaste and a renowned TV chef. He was trained by his school at the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces chain in India and later became executive chef for 11 restaurants at these hotels. He relocated to the UK as a family member in 1991 and, after a few initial financial issues after acquiring an eatery in the UK, Michael Gottlieb invested in allowing Todiwala to start his own Cafe Spice Namaste in 1995 and is well-known.

As of 2000, Cyrus received an MBE for his services to the catering and restaurant industry. He was then appointed to the rank of an OBE during the 2011 New Year’s Honours List. He was awarded an award in the Craft Guild of Chefs awards in 2012 for his “outstanding contribution to the industry”. He is now an official judge of The Catey Awards.

He has been a long proponent of staff training, and earned an Investors in People for Café Spice Namasté. This training approach also saw him awarded an Education and Training Catey award in 2005. Also in 2005, he won the special award at the Springboard Awards for Excellence.

In 2006, he opened Café’t’, a coffee shop / restaurant hybrid. He launched a range of cooking sauces under the brand name Mr Todiwala’s in 2010, which added to an existing range of pickles and chutneys. In 2011, he launched a new restaurant named Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen, which is located within the Hilton Hotel at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5. He has appeared regularly at Taste Festivals, including those in London and in Dubai.

Since banks were unable to provide the loan and he had to turn to relatives to fund the restaurant. They were provided with a range of sums, but they won the car at a contest and decided to sell it, which allowed them to make the deposit for a new house. But it was at this point that they were approached by the Home Office began to be attracted by the work of Todiwala since the business was owned by a foreign owner with no investors. Around the same time, Michael Gottlieb, the owner of the restaurant “Smolensky’s” in London was looking to fund a new Indian restaurant in the E1’s Prescott Street and approached The Cobra Good Curry Guide’s web Editor Pat Chapman seeking a chef. Chapman suggested Todiwala. Cafe Spice Namaste opened in 1995, but it was announced that the Home Office would continue to seek Todiwala to deport him.

Cyrus Todiwala Net Worth

Cyrus Todiwala is one of the richest Restaurateur from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cyrus Todiwala 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cyrus has been married to Pervin. They were introduced during a dinner at Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. There are two boys and it was Pervin’s dream for the family to relocate to the UK in 1991.

Todiwala has graduated from Sophia Shree B K Somani Polytechnic with a degree in Hotel Administration & Food Technology. His first job was busboy. He went on to become chef at Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces in India before becoming the the Executive Chef of all the hotels owned by the chain in India with a total of 11 restaurants employing 160 employees. He emigrated to Australia in 1991 and later moved into the United Kingdom with his family and was given the opportunity to run an eatery on Alie Street located in London known as Namaste that Todiwala says was “pretty lousy”. The restaurant’s owners faced financial difficulties despite the praise for his work. In the face of unemployment while working on a visa, Todiwala was able to take over the restaurant, with the help by his spouse, Pervin.

He has subsequently launched a range of condiments and sauces called Mr Todiwala’s, and a second restaurant called Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen, which is located at the Hilton at Heathrow Airport near Terminal 5. He was awarded an MBE in 2000, and an OBE in 2009. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate and been made an honorary professor. In 2012, he cooked for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. He has appeared on multiple television and radio shows such as the BBC radio 1 Saturday cook show.

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Who is Cyrus Todiwala Dating?

According to our records, Cyrus Todiwala married to Pervin Todiwala. As of December 1, 2023, Cyrus Todiwala’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2017 Cyrus became the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) first ever chef ambassador a charity closely link to his work and passions.

Facts & Trivia

Cyrus Ranked on the list of most popular Restaurateur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Cyrus Todiwala celebrates birthday on October 16 of every year.