New Year Honours 2010
Cyrus TODIWALA OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
restaurateur
“Proprietor and Executive Chef, Café Spice Namasté Restaurant Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Proprietor and Executive Chef, Café Spice Namasté Restaurant Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2010- Role at the time
- restaurateur
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- London
“Proprietor and Executive Chef, Café Spice Namasté Restaurant Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 226 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
1,264 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
restaurateur.
How widely is this recognised?
4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2009.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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