Background
Omar Allibhoy was born near Madrid, Spain and began to cook when he was five years old. He started taking evening cooking classes while still at school.
Omar Allibhoy was born near Madrid, Spain and began to cook when he was five years old. He started taking evening cooking classes while still at school.
After working at many restaurants near where he used to live, he gained a position at elBulli managed by the master chef Ferran Adrià and worked in this restaurant for 2 years. In 2008, he joined the team at Gordon Ramsay's Maze under head chef Jason Atherton. He had previously come to the UK to learn English, as he felt this was necessary to learn how to cook other cuisines and learn new techniques. Ramsay described him as the "Antonio Banderas of cooking". His next stage was the restaurant El Pirata Detapas in Mayfair.
Omar then founded the restaurant group Tapas Revolution with the aim of promoting Spanish cuisine in the UK, believing that there were only bad examples at the time, and admitted that this was the complete opposite of his original aim in the UK. While working on Tapas Revolution he continued to be the chef of El Pirata Detapas. His first location opened in 2011 in Westfield London in Shepherd's Bush, and by 2015 he had three locations, with two more to be opened. He wrote a cookbook entitled Tapas Revolution, which was published by Ebury Press. This was part of his aim to promote the home cooking of Spanish tapas dishes in the UK.
He took part in the Rumble in the Kitchen charity boxing event, where he fought Stefan Chomka, the deputy editor of Restaurant magazine. The card also featured Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti, and Will Holland. At the British Travel & Hospitality Hall of Fame event in April 2015, he was named the Young Entrepreneur inductee for his work with the Tapas Revolution Group.
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