Tony Singh

In September 2018 he appeared on the CBBC documentary Our School (TV series) as a guest head judge for the bake-off.

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 being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the Food and Drink Industry.

Singh is known for his contemporary Scottish cooking, which combines his love of local Scottish produce with influences and additions from around the world. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, the Master Chefs of Great Britain, and the Craft Guild of Chefs. He has also received several awards including; the Drambuie Chefs Association Best New Restaurant of the Year, Scottish Chefs Award Scottish Chef of the Year and SLTN Best Restaurant catering in Scotland Chef of the Year. In December 2016, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen for his services to the Food and Drink Industry.

In 2015 Singh ran his own pop-up restaurant for the Edinburgh Festival at the Apex Grassmarket Hotel which featured an eclectic range of foods – including his signature dish haggis pakora.

Singh has supported and worked closely with the charities Sick Kids Edinburgh, McMillian Cancer Research, the Scottish Blood Transfusion Service, Food Train, Scottish Air Ambulance, Water Aid, St. Columbus Hospice, and the Back Up Trust. In 2015 he was a presenter on RBS - Finding Scotland’s Real Heroes, where he visited and spoke about the eventual winners of the Carer of the Year award: East Kilbride & District Dementia Carers Group. He has kept in contact and regularly supported them since.

Singh then went on to feature in food and personality shows around the country including The One Show, The Paul O'Grady Show, Countryfile and Celebrity Mastermind as well as appearing on Radio Scotland, Radio 1, Radio 4 and BBC Radio Asia. In 2015 Singh and Todiwala paired up again and appeared on the Celebrity edition of the quiz show Pointless.

After appearing in the TV show The Incredible Spice Men with chef Cyrus Todiwala, Singh and Todiwala published a recipe book in 2013, and by 2014 Singh released his own solo book Tasty.

In 2013 Singh partnered with Cyrus Todiwala to present their own cookery show on BBC Two called The Incredible Spice Men.

In 2001, aged 30, Singh became the Chef Patron at "Oloroso"; a roof-top bar and restaurant on Castle Street, Edinburgh. This restaurant won many accolades during its time including Restaurant of the Year, Bar of the Year, and Cocktail Bar of the Year. Singh was also the former owner of "Roti" in 2005; an Indian restaurant considered one of the finest in Scotland. which he had for four years before selling it on. Then in 2009 Singh opened "Tony's Table"; a modern style bistro, also in Edinburgh, which earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2010.

Singh first appeared on TV as a competitor in ITV's Chef of the Year in 2000; this was the first televised cooking competition in the UK, which he also won. He was also featured on Ready Steady Cook with James Martin in June 2008. Afterwards, Singh appeared in Series 3 of the BBC's Great British Menu which then lead to his reappearance in Series 5 and 6.

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 career in the restaurant industry. The year he completed his formal training, Singh started working 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 worked in the Greywalls Hotel, aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, and at Skibo Castle, before opening his own restaurant in 2001.

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.