Owner

Jalf Ali

Father was a successful restaurateur and watched father's work from the age of 11 yrs

Education : BA Honours in Marketing & Human Resources

Career : Opened Poppadoms in Carlisle in 1998 and sold it three years later. In 2002 opened the highly acclaimed Spice Cube in Newcastle and then TEZA in Carlisle in 2005.

Head Chef is Dinesh Rawat. Born in Delhi he worked at several Oberoi Hotels in Jaipur and Bombay and then opened a restaurant for the Mandarin Group in Bali.Has also worked in Australia and Singapore and opened the Anna Khan in Stockholm as well as training with Vivek Singh of London's Cinnamon Club.

Dinesh Rawat