Tony Alal Karim Khan is a Bangladeshi chef and hotelier. He has received awards and nominations as a chef. He has appeared as a celebrity cook on television shows. He is previously

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and director of food and beverages,

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for Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf since 2013.

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 Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

, Bangladesh. In 2015, he started his own culinary institute called The Tony Khan Culinary Institute in Bangladesh. He has also served as a judge at many culinary competitions. Since 2015, he serves as an External Verifier for

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appointed and certified by

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Education

He started life in Khulna where he studied in

Khulna Zilla School Khulna Zilla School ( bn, খুলনা জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Khulna district of Bangladesh. It was established in 1885. It provides education from class three (Grade-3) to class ten (Grade-10). The scho ...

in Khulna till 1975 and attended college till 1977 in Shaheed Suhrawardy College in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

, 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. In 1992, he majored again in

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from

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. In 1998, he attended

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to study Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).

Career and philosophy

He joined Sheraton Ayers Rock Hotel, now known as Voyages Ayers Rock Resort, as

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from 1982. He then went on to join a cruise line as Executive Chef and Food and Beverages developer on board the

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from 1994 to 1999. He then traveled to Saudi Arabia to join

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. 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. He returned to

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in September 2006 and started employment at Radisson Blue Water Garden Hotel,

as Executive Chef and Food and Beverages. In 2009, he became the executive chef and food and beverage manager of

The Westin Dhaka The Westin Dhaka is a Westin Hotel located at Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka. Its address is Plot-01, Road-45, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh. At , it is the tallest hotel in Bangladesh, and one of the tallest hotels in South Asia. It has 27 floors, ...

and stayed until 2012. He currently is employed in Bangladesh at Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf,

Sreemangal Sreemangal ( bn, শ্রীমঙ্গল, Srimongol) is an upazila of Moulvibazar District in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. It is located at the southwest of the district, and borders the Habiganj District to the west and the Indian state ...

where he is acting General Manager, Director of Food and Beverages and Executive Chef since May 2013. 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.

Affiliations and awards

Tony Karim played a role in placing intellectually disabled persons to attain full-time restaurant jobs in

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, Australia in 1989. 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. Karim is a member of the Chef's Association of Pakistan as Honorary Vice President. He has been a member of the Industry Skills Council, Funded by the International Labor Organization (ILO) 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). According to The Daily Star, Khan was named one of “ 10 Best Chefs in the World” and in1991 " Chef of The Year" by the South Pacific Tourism Board of Papua New Guinea. He is founder and president of Bangladesh Chef's Association. He has served as a judge at The Malaysian Palm Oil Shera Chef 2011, Curry Chef Awards 2015, Youth Tourism Skills Competition 2015 and

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Master Grillers' Challenge 2015. 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.

References

External links

* http://www.tonykhan-institute.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Karim, Tony Bangladeshi chefs 1961 births Living people Bangladeshi television chefs People from Khulna Division University of Sydney alumni Bangladeshi businesspeople Bangladeshi chief executives