In 1814, a Bengali businessman, Dean Mahomed, and his Irish wife opened Mahomed's Steam and Vapour Sea Water Medicated Baths in Brighton, England. Clients were offered Turkish baths and an Indian treatment of champi (shampooing), a form of therapeutic massage.
Dean's new treatment was immediately popular. Soon, he was appointed ‘Shampooing Surgeon’ to both George IV and William IV.
Mr Mahomed also opened the Hindoostanee Coffee House: the first Indian takeaway restaurant in London.