Cyrus Todiwala is returning to Wisbech Grammar School on 26 May 2023 for another evening of fantastic food. The School is extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to host Cyrus on several occasions now for what is always an entertaining evening and a chance to meet the chef.
Cyrus Todiwala OBE DL FIH is a chef, restaurateur, educationist, author, and entrepreneur. Genial and down-to-earth, his accessible persona masks an encyclopaedic knowledge of food history and cuisine and many a sophisticated turn in the kitchen. He is a regular on television programs such as Saturday Kitchen and was one half of the highly popular BBC series “The Spice Men”. Together with his wife Pervin, Cyrus runs four restaurants. The soon to reopen Café Spice Namasté at Royal Albert Wharf is a 25-year-old institution and the longest running Michelin BIB Gourmand restaurant (‘good food, good value’). Two hotel restaurants bear his name: Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen at the deluxe Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, and Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen at the Lincoln Plaza London, part of the Hilton Curio Collection. Mr Todiwala’s Petiscos in Buckhurst Hill is a small neighbourhood restaurant located in the London-Essex border.
Following a traditional boarding school education in Maharashtra, India, Cyrus decided on a road less travelled, completing four years of classical chef training in Mumbai. He began his career as a hotel chef with the Taj Group, rising to Executive Chef of the sprawling Taj Holiday Village in Goa.
The Evening
Cyrus will be working with pupils and his own team of chefs to produce a four-course meal. There will be a glass of fizz on arrival served alongside canapès, followed by three courses of delicious food and the chance to meet Cyrus. Tickets can still be sourced from the Special Events Tab on www.wisbechgrammar.com.