[2] In 1980s, three chefs walked out of Choudhury's parents' south Indian vegetarian restaurant in north east London as they were offered ludicrous money in the short term to build up the competitor's business.
[2] He created the Asian Oriental School of Catering, which specialised in training and finding employment for young people and providing a high level quality chefs throughout London and the UK.
[4] Having left school to go straight into work Choudhury returned to education after his businesses were running to do a level four NVQ in restaurant management.
He chaired a project called "breaking the log jam" set up by the hotel and catering training foundation which has now established the new NVQ.
[5] His father, Dabirul Choudhury, inspired by fellow British fundraiser Captain Tom Moore, embarked on a campaign to walk around his garden a thousand times to raise money for charities during the COVID-19 pandemic.