Marriappan Sethurajapillai aka
Murray
Head Chef
37-year-old Murray came to Mango Tree after working
for the prestigious Veeraswamy in London; said to be
the oldest Indian restaurant in the UK.
"I
loved working in London but I had the opportunity to
come to a new and exciting restaurant which was an opening
I could not miss."
Murray
also has celebrity connections, having worked with top
TV chef and presenter Keith Floyd, on his hit series
‘Floyd's India’ - a culinary celebration
of Indian food shot entirely in India.
South
Indian born, Murray graduated from Catering school in
Trichy in Tamil Nadu.
Catering
runs in Murray’s blood, his family having run
a hotel for over 30 years. He was first inspired to
cook, as a young boy, while he watched his mother preparing
food for their guests.
Since
then he has travelled the world, including a 7 year
spell in Australia, where he helped establish a chain
of Indian restaurants in Sydney.
Murray's
speciality is seafood. He aims to expand the range of
these dishes at Mango Tree, to include delicacies, such
as lobster and crab.
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