Curry Chef Prepared Food After Wiping Behind With His Bare Hands On Toilet Break

A curry chef who wiped his backside using only his bare hands before preparing food said he refused to use toilet roll for “cultural reasons”.

Mahbub Chowdhury, 46, told Swindon Magistrates Court that he had a bottle that he filled with water from the kitchen taps and used it to clean his bottom after visiting the toilet.

He then prepared dishes including meat and fish curries at his Yeahya Flavour of Asia in Swindon, Wilts.

Prosecutor Rosie Heath said health officers found “very poor standards of hygiene” during a visit in May last year, also discovering his bottle covered in fecal matter.

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She said: "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 fecal matter.”

Defence lawyer Mark Glendenning said his client no longer operates the business. He also said the milk bottle was never assessed and the marks could have been spices.

Chowdhury pleaded guilty to ten allegations of breaching food and hygiene regulations and will be sentenced later.

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