Cyrus Todiwala

Cyrus Todiwala OBE DL
Born	(1956-10-16) 16 October 1956 (age 67)[1] Mumbai, India
Spouse	Pervin Todiwala
Culinary career
Cooking style	Parsi cuisine
Current restaurant(s) Café Spice Namasté Mr Todiwala's Kitchen The River Restaurant by Cyrus 'Assado “ Mr Todiwala's Petiscos”
Previous restaurant(s) Namasté
Television show(s) Saturday Kitchen Market Kitchen
Award(s) won 2005 Catey Award for Education and Training 2005 Springboard Awards for Excellence special award 2012 Craft Guild of Chefs special award
Website	cafespice.co.uk

Cyrus Rustom Todiwala OBE, DL, (born 16 October 1956), is an Indian chef proprietor of Café Spice Namasté and a celebrity television chef. He trained at the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces chain in India, and rose to become executive chef for eleven restaurants within those hotels. He moved to the UK in 1991 with his family, and following some initial financial difficulties after taking over a restaurant, Michael Gottlieb provided investment funding, allowing Todiwala to open Café Spice Namasté in 1995, the restaurant for which he is best known.

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 also 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 numerous television and radio programmes, such as the BBC radio 1 Saturday Cook show.