Tony Karim

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Tony Karim
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Tony Karim
Born
Tony Alal Karim Khan

(1961-06-09) June 9, 1961 (age 60)
Khulna, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
RMIT University

Tony Alal Karim Khan is a Bangladeshi chef and hotelier.[1] He has received awards and nominations as a chef.[2] He has appeared as a celebrity cook on television shows.[3] He is previously general manager and director of food and beverages, executive chef for Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf since 2013.[4][5]

Early life[]

Tony Karim was born on 9 June 1961 to parents Sarjan Ali Khan, a shipping businessman and filmmaker and Marium Begum Khan in Khulna, Bangladesh. In 2015, he started his own culinary institute called The Tony Khan Culinary Institute in Bangladesh.[6] He has also served as a judge at many culinary competitions.[7] Since 2015, he serves as an External Verifier for City and Guilds appointed and certified by ILO[8]

Education[]

He started life in Khulna where he studied in Khulna Zilla School in Khulna till 1975 and attended college till 1977 in Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He went to Singapore to train as an Apprentice Chef and complete his college education from Woodlands Marsiling Secondary School, Singapore with a major in Economics in 1978.[3] In 1992, he majored again in human nutrition from University of Sydney, Australia.[9] In 1998, he attended RMIT University, Melbourne to study Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).[3]

Career and philosophy[]

He joined Sheraton Ayers Rock Hotel, now known as Voyages Ayers Rock Resort, as sous chef from 1982. He then went on to join a cruise line as Executive Chef and Food and Beverages developer on board the Carnival Cruise Line in Miami, United States from 1994 to 1999.[9] He then traveled to Saudi Arabia to join Hyatt Regency.[9] From March 2003 to August 2006, he has overseen and served at ten five star hotels as Executive Chef and providing corporate Executive Chef at the Intercontinental Hotels.[3] He returned to Bangladesh in September 2006 and started employment at Radisson Blue Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka as Executive Chef and Food and Beverages.[10] In 2009, he became the executive chef and food and beverage manager of The Westin Dhaka[11][self-published source?] and stayed until 2012. He currently is employed in Bangladesh at Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf, Sreemangal where he is acting General Manager, Director of Food and Beverages and Executive Chef since May 2013.[9][12] In April 2015, he started his own culinary institute, Tony Karim's Culinary Institute to teach amateur chefs to become internationally trained in the hotel industry.[6]

Affiliations and awards[]

Tony Karim played a role in placing intellectually disabled persons to attain full-time restaurant jobs in Nunawading, Australia in 1989.[13] Karim has been a full member of the Australasian Guild Of Professional Cooks since 1986. He is a founding member and President of the Bangladesh Chef's Association.[14] Karim is a member of the Chef's Association of Pakistan as Honorary Vice President.[15] He has been a member of the Industry Skills Council, Funded by the International Labor Organization (ILO)[8] and operated by the National Skills Development Council (NSDC), Prime Minister's office, Government of the People Republic of Bangladesh. He has contributed recipes to books as Cancer Society, Eat and Enjoy and Restaurant Secrets. He is a speaker for South Asian Association for Gastronomy (SAAG).[16] Khan in 1998 won as one of the “10 Best Chefs in the World”, and in 1991 was awarded "Chef of The Year" by South Pacific Tourism Board, Papua New Guinea.[2]

He is founder and president of Bangladesh Chef's Association.[14] He has served as a judge at The Malaysian Palm Oil Shera Chef 2011,[17] Curry Chef Awards 2015,[7][18][19] Youth Tourism Skills Competition 2015[20] and Nando's Master Grillers' Challenge 2015.[21]

On 12 March 2020 Tony Karim was presented with a Special Recognition award at the House of Commons ion London from Asian Catering Federation chairman Yawar Khan at the launch of the Asian Restaurant Awards and Asian Curry Awards.[22][23][24][25][26]

References[]

  1. ^ "tony-khan-chef - The Daily Life News". The Daily Life News. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  2. ^ a b "The Westin's New Recruit". The Daily Star.
  3. ^ a b c d "MR. Tony Khan". etravelbangladesh.com. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  4. ^ "5-Star tea resort and golf at Srimangal". Risingbd. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  5. ^ "Grand Opening of 'Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf' at Srimangal". The Sunrise Today. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  6. ^ a b "Little Black Book Dhaka Discover Dhak". Little Black Book Dhaka Discover Dhak. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  7. ^ a b "Burbage chef crowned UK's King of Spice". Hinckley Times. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  8. ^ a b "Tony Khan selected as City & Guilds' External Verifier | Hotel & Restaurant". www.bangladeshmonitor.com.bd. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  9. ^ a b c d "Living the Grand life". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  10. ^ "Local chefs come to the fore". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  11. ^ Mudditt, Jessica (15 October 2010). "A little bit of Italy goes a long way: Prego at the Westin, Dhaka". Jessica Mudditt's Blog - Stories from around the world. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  12. ^ "Majestic Inaugural of the largest resort in country "Grand Sultan Tea Resort & Golf"". reflectionnews.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  13. ^ Woods, Wendy (6 December 1989). "Placing intellectually disabled in full jobs". Nunawading Gazette.
  14. ^ a b "Chefs cook up new culinary association". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  15. ^ "Chef's Association of Pakistan".
  16. ^ "Saag". South Asian Association for Gastronomy. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  17. ^ "Talent hunt for chef's". Priyo News. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  18. ^ "Four chefs from Northants set to battle it out to be named UK's King of Spice". Northampton Herald & Post. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  19. ^ Robinson, Report by Sarah. "Pappadoms owner competing to be UK's best curry chef". Weston Mercury. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  20. ^ "DIU Tourism and Hospitality Management department moves to Final Round in the 1st Youth Tourism Skills Competition". news.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  21. ^ "'Nando's Master Grillers' Challenge 2015' held". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  22. ^ "Asian caterers tackle skills shortage at awards dinner". 14 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Asian caterers tackle skills shortage at awards dinner". 14 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Asian caterers tackle skills shortage at awards dinner". 14 March 2020.
  25. ^ https://mediaofthings.co.uk/index.php/2020/03/14/asian-caterers-tackle-skills-shortage-at-awards-dinner
  26. ^ "Asian Catering Federation announces training". 17 March 2020.

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