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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 is the creator, co-owner and Executive Chef of Ning restaurant in Manchester. == Life, career & awards 〔Malaysian Food (Malaysian edition), ISBN 978-0-9563772-1-0〕 == Norman 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 planned, designed and developed a restaurant with his business partner Andy Spracklen. He took a temporary break from his career in quantity surveying to do so. The restaurant, called Ning and located in the Northern Quarter, opened for trading in December 2006, focusing on Malaysian cuisine and Thai cuisine. Norman acted as Head Chef at the restaurant, even when in 2007 he returned to his day job as a quantity surveyor. As the restaurant business took off, he eventually left his career in quantity surveying in 2009 to work full-time at Ning. In 2012, Norman opened a second Ning restaurant in York, England. However, he closed this in January 2014 to concentrate on other ventures.〔http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10947184.Facelift_for_flooded_York_restaurant/〕 On 25 November 2012, was awarded Young Asian & Oriental Chef of the Year at the Asian Curry Awards in Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. His Ning restaurant in Manchester received 'Best Malaysian Restaurant' award at the same event. On 6 December 2012 received the (Hospitality Guild )'s Young Hall of Fame award〔http://www.hospitalityguild.co.uk/awards/young-hall-of-fame〕 at a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons. He is the first Malaysian to receive such an accolade. On 17 November 2013, Norman was awarded runner-up in the Asian & Oriental Chef of the Year at the Asian Curry Awards 2013.〔http://www.asiancurryawards.co.uk/winners-of-the-2013-asian-curry-awards/〕 His Ning restaurant in York, now closed, was highly commended at the same event. In 2014, he opened his first premises in Malaysia - Chef Norman Musa's Studio Kulinari - in Banting, Malaysia. In November 2014, he was announced as Food Ambassdor for Kuala Lumpur, with a view to promoting the city as a culinary destination to European tourism markets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Musa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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