Ryan Tham is an Indian restaurateur based in Mumbai. He is known as the ex-husband of Indian actress Minissha Lamba.
Wiki/Biography
Ryan Tham was born on Sunday, April 18, 1982 (age 39 years; in 2021) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Aries. He attended GD Somani Memorial School Mumbai and HR College to complete his schooling. After that, he moved to Australia’s Griffith University to continue his studies in Business and Restaurant Management (2004). Raised in a family of prominent restaurateurs, Ryan wanted to run his own restaurant since he was a teenager. When Ryan returned from Australia, his grandfather’s 45-year-old Mandarin restaurant had closed (2003), and his father, Henry, had set up a high-end restaurant bar in its place. The restaurant was launched in 2005 and named ‘Henry Tham.’ Ryan suggested his father add a bar to ‘Henry Tham,’ an idea imported from Australia.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Family
Parents & Siblings
Ryan Tham’s father, Henry Tham, is a restaurateur. His mother’s name is Ashitta Tham (Bengali). He has a younger brother, Keenan Tham, who is also a restaurateur. His brother, Keenan is married to Neha Tham who owns Pause Fashion, a women’s clothing store in Mumbai.
Ryan Tham with his father and brother
Ryan Tham and his brother
Ryan Tham with his family
His paternal grandfather, Mon Yiu Tham, was a restaurateur who established the two oldest Chinese restaurants in Mumbai (Mandarin and Kamling). His maternal grandfather, Laxmichand Gupta, was a merchant. Her maternal grandmother’s name is Reba Gupta.
Wife
Ryan tied the knot with Indian actress Minissha Lamba in a private ceremony on July 6, 2015. The two divorced in 2020.
Ryan Tham’s wedding photo
Ryan Tham with his wife
Other relatives
Famous Indian film actor Kabir Bedi is his uncle. The late Indian classical dancer Protima Bedi is his aunt. Pooja Bedi (actress and talk show host) is Ryan’s first cousin.
Kabir Bedia
Protima Bedi
Ryan Tham with Pooja Bedi
Ethnicity
Ryan Tham is half Chinese and half Bengali. He is Chinese on his father’s side and Bengali on his mother’s side.
Career
Ryan started his career in 2004 by helping his father in his restaurant ‘Henry Tham.’ In 2010, Ryan and his brother closed Henry Tham and launched ‘Trilogy,’ a nightclub at Sea Princess Hotel, Juhu. The restaurant closed in 2017. Speaking about Trilogy in an interview, Ryan said,
Most music festivals will host their pre and post parties there. Nightclubs usually last two to three years. Our target is to last three New Years; we got seven.”
In 2014, Ryan and his brother Keenan established Pebble Street Hospitality with four of their friends from GD Somani Memorial School. The company’s first launch was The Good Wife, a modern European gastropub in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
Pictures of The Good Wife in Mumbai
The next opening is “Koko” (meaning brother in Chinese), an Asian-themed gastropub at Kamala Mills (opened in 2016).
Coco Ryan Tham
Pebble Street Hospitality also includes ‘Foo,’ an Asian bistro located in Lower Parel, Mumbai.
Ryan Tham’s Foo in Mumbai
Favorite Things
- Food: Rice Goat Curry and Chilli Pickles
- Quote: “Friends are better than money. Almost anything money can do, friends can do better!”
Facts/Trivia
- Ryan Tham likes to party and travel in his spare time.
- He is the third generation of one of the oldest Chinese families in Mumbai. The Thams is one of the most famous names associated with Chinese cuisine in Mumbai.
- Datuk Ryan was born into a family of hairdressers in Kolkata. He moved to Mumbai and settled there in the 1960s. Speaking about his grandfather in an interview, Ryan said,
I still remember those days. Grandpa would close work, lock the money in the safe, and then he would come home.”
- Datuk Ryan first set up a salon in Mumbai with his wife, but he later decided to open a restaurant.
- Ryan, along with his brother Keenan, has introduced ‘Nikkei,’ a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cuisine at his restaurant Foo in Mumbai.
Nikkei, a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cuisine
- Ryan follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- By 2021, the Tham brothers plan to launch four more restaurants in Mumbai before moving to other cities.
- Ryan owns a black Porsche car.
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
