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Tommy Miah Heads SAARC Festival Team

Bangladesh has chosen renowned chef Tommy Miah to head its catering team at the first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Food Festival in Delhi early next month.

Each member of the team will have to cook three main courses each night of the Festival, which is expected to attract thousands of visitors.

Tommy said he was proud to have been selected by the Bangladesh Foreign Office to represent his homeland and would be cooking typical Bangladeshi staple dishes, with the emphasis on Fish.

In addition, each chef will be allowed to cook a special recipe of his own creation. “I will cook the special Salmon dish I created for the celebration dinner given for Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond when he regained leadership of the Scottish National Party,” Edinburgh-based Tommy said.

Mr Salmond said he was delighted at the selection for such a prestigious event of someone whose cooking he had enjoyed for many years at his Raj Restuarant in Edinburgh.

“I wish Tommy Miah and his team every good wish at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s first Food Festival, and I hope that the salmon dish he prepared to mark my return to the SNP leadership will prove to be just as popular in Delhi as it was in Edinburgh,” the First Minister said.

Mr Salmond expressed concern at the recent flood disaster in Bangladesh, adding: “We are all extremely conscious of the disaster that has befallen Bangladesh, and our thoughts and condolences go out to the Bangladeshi people as they seek to come to terms with the loss of loved ones and rebuild communities.”