The former owner of Shabab in Ladypool Road has now been fined £8,640 after health officers found it in a disgusting state in 2016 - including a mouldy chopping board.
Officers ordered improvements after visiting the premises and made two further visits to the restaurant in Sparkbrook , but discovered little had been done to clean it up.
Zafar Hussain, who had previously admitted 18 breaches of hygiene regulations, was also ordered to pay £2,000 costs by Birmingham magistrates on Wednesday.
Magistrates told the 32-year-old there had been a “blatant disregard for the law” and there had been a real risk of harm to others.
When quizzed earlier, Hussain told the court he had staff problems and: “I can make a good curry but I can not manage.” He said he had taken over the business in August 2015, but within a couple of weeks he had received a zero rating for food hygiene which had a detrimental effect on the restaurant
Hussain said he had tried to turn things round but received further bad ratings.
Environmental health officers from Birmingham City Council made a routine inspection of Shabab on February 16, last year. They served the owner with an emergency schedule and returned two days later. The restaurant was slightly cleaner but the majority of issues remained, including food being stored in the rear yard, the court heard. A further visit was made on March 3 but none of the 25 points highlighted had been dealt with and the premises remained in a filthy condition and there was no hot water
Zafar Hussain appeared on the BBC programme "Hairy Bikers Chicken and Egg" in the episode "Si and Dave learn how to cook a Balti", in October 2016.
*The restaurant, its frontage now rebranded Shababs, is under new management and has received good reviews on Tripadvisor. The Food Standards Agency’s website shows that the restaurant currently has a ‘Good’ rating of four out of five.
