We have hosted a number of fundraisers in London to support underprivileged cancer patients at the hospital. One of the initiatives “Gift A Pound Of Love” is an innovative program through which guests at fine dine restaurants are requested to donate £1 with their bill to the cause. This initiative was launched by the then Mayor of London, Boris Johnson in September 2015. The initiative had a successful launch at the pilot restaurants (Quilon, Bombay Brasserie, Benaras, Cinnamon and Café Spice Namaste to name a few) and we are in discussion with many more restaurants to become a partner in our fight against cancer.
Chef Sriram is Chef and Director Operations – Bombay Brasserie and Quilon, whose restaurant Quilon is the only southern Indian restaurant in the world with a Michelin star. He has almost 3 decades of work experience in the food industry.
Sriram Aylur
Professor David Foskett MBE CMA FIH BED HONS has earlier been Dean and Head of the London School of Hospitality and Tourism at the University of West London. He has over 40 years of experience in the food industry.
He is on the management committee of the Craft Guild of Chefs, The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and the Council of the Institute of Hospitality and has also been voted one of the most influential people in the hospitality public sector.
After 2005 he was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty The Queen and after 2007 a Chevalier dansl'ordre du MeriteAgricole from the President of France.
Prof. David Foskett
The erudite Cyrus Todiwala, OBE DL, is equally at home and in the kitchen and the television studio; writing books or lecturing on the skills needed by the giant hospitality industry. Founder with PervinTodiwala of 4 London restaurants including the iconic Café Spice Namaste, he pioneered the environment, sustainability and healthy eating long before it was fashionable.
In 2014 he founded Zest Quest Asia to attract young British chefs into careers in Asian food. BBC named him their Food Personality of the Year in 2014.
A career highlight was cooking the first Diamond Jubilee luncheon for HM The Queen.
Cyrus Todiwala
Chef Patron of the highly acclaimed Benaras restaurant in London, Indian born British based chef, restaurateur and TV personality, Atul Kochhar is one of the first Indian chef to win a coveted Michelin star in 2001 for Tamarind restaurant.
He got his second Michelin star in 2007, an accolade which he has retained at Benares ever since. This year Atul celebrated his 10th anniversary of retaining the said Michelin star.
Atul has since set up many successful fine dine restaurants across the globe. He has also had the honour of cooking for Prince Charles at St James Palace and was invited to meet HM The Queen.
Atul Kochhar
Executive Chef and CEO of 3 well known London restaurants (Cinnamon Club, Cinnamon Kitchen & Cinnamon Soho), author of 5 cook books and a well know television personality Chef Vivek Singh signature culinary style marries modern Indian flavors with Western techniques.
One of the most inspiring Indian chefs of his generation, Vivek was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from University of Warwick in 2015.
Vivek Singh
A doctorate in British Constitutional Law from Kings College London in 2012 notwithstanding, Asma chose to follow her heart and start a food business. She cooks with recipes that have been in her family for generations which has had a close and long relationship with the Nizam of Hyderabad and his family over decades.
Asma's food is a celebration of authentic regional Indian food - and one of her most popular supper clubs is "The Tale of Two Cities" with food from Calcutta and Hyderabad. She also had a 9 month Pop-up restaurant in Soho.
Asma is currently writing an Indian cookbook.
Asma Khan
