TV chef ready for restaurant’s May launch
Birmingham-born Aktar Islam has come a long way since winning “Best Local Restaurant” on Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word in 2002.
The former chef director of Birmingham’s Lasan Group has just embarked on his first ever solo project: a restaurant in the heart of the city, which he says will celebrate the culinary heritage of India.
Opheem, due to open in Summer Row in May, is already booked for its first month, and Islam says the final preparations have been “hectic”. But he says he has a lot of support behind him, inclu... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
