Midlothian entrepreneur named UK’s top curry chef – and his son wins national restaurant title

A Midlothian entrepreneur who runs two restaurants on the outskirts of Edinburgh, has been named the UK’s top curry chef by the industry’s trade magazine.

UK’s Top Curry Chef

Matin Khan, executive chef of Itihaas in Dalkeith and The Radhuni in Loanhead, was given the accolade on Sunday, October 15 in front of an audience of 500 at the Curry Life Awards at the Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Mayfair. In a double triumph for his family, his son’s Loanhead restaurant The Radhuni was awarded the title of the UK’s best curry restaurant.