Tony Singh (chef)
| Tony Singh MBE |
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|---|---|
| Born |
Rajinder Tony Singh 15 May 1971 Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | Telford College |
| Spouse(s) | 1993 August 16 (m. 2017) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | tonysingh |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style |
Scottish French cuisine British cuisine Indian |
Rajinder Tony Singh Kusbia, MBE (born 15 May 1971) is a Scottish celebrity chef and restaurateur. He is best known for combining his love of Scottish produce with his arty, eclectic and accessible style of cooking.
Born and raised in Leith Edinburgh, Singh comes from a second-generation Scottish Sikh family. He studied at Telford College and completed a Youth Training Scheme in Professional Cookery before beginning his life long career in the restaurant industry. The year he completed his formal training, Singh started off in some of Britain's most prestigious restaurants including The Balmoral Hotel in 1990, Gravetye Manor in 1992 and The Royal Scotsman Train in 1994. Afterwards Singh moved up even further to the famous Greywalls Hotel, The HMS Royal Yacht Britannia and Skibo Castle before opening his own restaurant in 2001.
His menus have featured all the very best seasonal and local Scottish ingredients with influences and additions from around the world. As a respected Master Chef of Great Britain and a member of both the Academy of Culinary Arts and Craft Guild of Chefs, Singh has been honoured by the Queen in her 2017 New Year Honours List with a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services in the Food and Drink Industry.
Singh was born and raised in Leith to a second-generation Scottish Sikh family. While he was growing up his father, Baldev "Billy" Singh Kusbia, became one of the first Sikh lorry drivers in Scotland while Singh's mother looked after their family home. As a youngster Singh shared his home not only with his three siblings (two brothers and one sister), but with his aunts, uncles, grandmother and great grandmother also. This upbringing showed him the value of family life and the importance of sharing what you have with who you can.
Singh was educated at Lorne Street Primary, then Leith Academy Secondary School before moving on to Telford College at 16 where he earned an OND in Hotel Management. During his time at college, Singh also enrolled himself in a Youth Training Scheme where he earned an equivalent to City and Guilds 7061 and 7062 qualification in Professional Cookery.
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