13 Facts About Tommy Miah

Tommy Miah is often recognised as the "Curry King" in Britain.

Tommy Miah arrived at the age of 10 in Birmingham, England.

Tommy Miah was interested in food and cooking due to which he began working in the catering industry.

Tommy Miah began by starting his own small takeout restaurant at the age of 17.

Tommy Miah was chosen to head the first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Food Festival in Delhi.

Tommy Miah was selected by the Bangladesh Foreign Office to represent Bangladesh, cooking typical Bangladeshi staple dishes.

Miah established the Tommy Miah Institute of Hospitality Management, which is an institution which trains Bangladeshis in the international hospitality industry.

Tommy Miah owns the Original Raj Hotel in Murrayfield and The Heritage Restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Tommy Miah's achievements include 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.

Tommy Miah was the first to make Indian meals available on flights worldwide.

Tommy Miah has sponsored many charity groups both in Bangladesh and Britain, which include Cancer Research UK, Shishu Polli, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, and the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital.

In 2004, Tommy Miah was elected a fellow of Royal Society of Arts.

In 2017, Tommy Miah was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Birthday Honours for his services to the hospitality industry and charity.