Norman Musa

Appearing Saturday and Sunday

NORMAN MUSA is the creator, co-owner and
Executive Chef of Ning restaurant & cookery school in Manchester, UK. He is also a TV celebrity, author and tutor of Malaysian food.

Born in Penang, the food capital of Malaysia, he was a finalist for Manchester’s Chef of the Year, along with Ning as Restaurant of the Year in 2009. In 2010, he was the official Malaysian chef for the Lotus Racing Formula One™ team and awarded one of Prestige Magazine Malaysia’s Top 40 Under 40 poised for power.

Self-taught and mentored by his late mother, Norman has featured in the British and Malaysian press and on TV, run cooking demonstrations at live food events, written his own sell-out book and leads Malaysian cookery classes and team-building events. His ambition is to be the Malaysian face of Malaysian food around the world.

Norman will be bringing his expertise to the festival for the second year. This time he will be appearing in his Malaysian Kitchen Yurt at the festival where visitors can take part in free Malaysian cookery courses throughout the festival!