Chef admits wiping bottom with bare hands before preparing food

14 April 2016
Chef admits wiping bottom with bare hands before preparing food

A chef who wiped his bottom with his hand before preparing food has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of breaching food and hygiene regulations.

Mahbub Chowdhury, who prepared meat and fish curries in the kitchen of Yeahya Flavour of Asia in the Nine Elms pub in Swindon, did not use toilet paper for cultural reasons, Swindon Magistrates Court heard.

Inspectors found a bottle in the kitchen that was covered in brown fingerprints. When questioned, Chowdhury said he used water from the bottle to clean his backside after going to the toilet.

Prosecutor Rosie Heath said: that environmental health officers had found very poor standards of hygiene.

She added: "In the kitchen under the double sinks [they] found an empty plastic milk bottle which was extremely dirty and was covered with brown fingerprints.

‘When asked, Mr Chowdhury explained he filled the bottle with water from the kitchen taps and used it to clean his bottom after visiting the toilet.

"He did not use toilet paper for cultural reasons. Inspectors concluded the brown finger prints was faecal matter."

Chowdhury pleaded guilty to 10 allegations of breaching food and hygiene regulations. He will be sentenced at a later date.

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