Norman Musa

Norman bin Musa (born 20 November 1974) is a Malaysian chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur, based in London, United Kingdom. Born in Butterworth, Penang in Malaysia, he was the co-founder of, Ning restaurant in Manchester, and owner and Chef Patron of Nasi Dagang restaurant in Malaysia.


Chef Norman Musa

Life, career and awards

Musa is a Malaysian Malay. He was raised by his parents in a kampung called Sungai Nyior in Butterworth. Following his secondary education, he gained a scholarship to study quantity surveying at the University of Portsmouth from 1994. After graduation in 1997, his first job as a quantity surveyor was in Bournemouth, Southern England before relocating to London in 1999. In 2003 he moved to Manchester, where he continued to practice as a quantity surveyor.

In 2006 he took a break as a quantity surveyor to plan, design and develop a restaurant with his partner at the time. The restaurant, Ning was located in the Northern Quarter and opened for trading in December 2006, focusing on Malaysian cuisine and Thai cuisine. Norman acted as Head Chef at the restaurant whilst also returning to his role as a quantity surveyor in 2007 once the restaurant was up and running. Once the restaurant business took off, he left his career in quantity surveying in 2009 to work full-time at Ning. A second Ning restaurant in York was open from 2012 to 2014.[1]

He has received the Hospitality Guild's Young Hall of Fame award[2] at a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons and was awarded runner-up in the Asian & Oriental Chef of the Year at the Asian Curry Awards 2013.[3]

In November 2014, the Kuala Lumpur Mayor's office made a press release to announce Musa's appointment as the Kuala Lumpur Food Ambassador for the European market.[4]

In April 2016, Musa was shortlisted as one of the seven Malaysian cooks who made it abroad by the Malaysian Newspaper, The Star.[4]

In March 2017 Musa was handed a five-year disqualification for employing illegal workers at Ning.[5] The disqualification follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service, which found that Musa failed to ensure the business completed relevant immigration checks on its employees, resulting in the employment of two illegal workers.[6]

In March 2018, Musa was offered to teach at Seasoned Cookery School Derbyshire which add up to the list of cookery schools in his profile.[7]

In May 2018, Musa was offered to run 5 day cooking demonstrations and masterclasses at one of the biggest Festival in Europe, the Tong Tong Fair ref https://tongtongfair.nl/food/ held in The Hague, The Netherlands. The festival was attended by more than 80,000 visitors and Musa was also commissioned to create a Malaysian inspired breakfast for the Mercure Hotel in The Hague to be served during the festival that runs for 12 days from 24 May until 3 June 2018.

On 25 June 2018, Musa was offered to teach at the Foodworks Cookery School in Cheltenham On 4 July 2018 Musa released his open letter statement on his social media and website to his followers in regard to the illegal workers incident and the consequences.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Facelift for flooded York restaurant". York Press. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  2. ↑ http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Events-Awards/Hospitality-Guild-honours-hospitality-professionals-apprentices-and-employers-at-inaugural-awards
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-30. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  4. 1 2 "KL FOOD TRAILS: EASY FOOD EXPLORATION IN KUALA LUMPUR" (PDF). visitkl.gov.my. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  5. ↑ https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/498495/chef-restaurateur-norman-musa-disqualified-for-employing-illegal-workers
  6. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/manchester-restaurateur-gets-5-year-disqualification-for-employing-illegal-workers
  7. ↑ "Malaysian & South East Asian Cookery". seasonedcourses.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  8. ↑ "OPEN LETTER: Chef Norman Musa" (PDF). docs.wixstatic.com. 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
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