Amar Latif

Amar Latif

Amar Latif is a Scottish entrepreneur, television personality and professional traveller. His blindness is due to the incurable eye condition retinitis pigmentosa. By his late teens he had 95 percent sight loss. In 2020 he will be the first blind contestant on Celebrity Masterchef.

About Amar Latif in brief

Summary Amar LatifAmar Latif is a Scottish entrepreneur, television personality and professional traveller. His blindness is due to the incurable eye condition retinitis pigmentosa. By his late teens he had 95 percent sight loss. In 2004, Latif founded Traveleyes, a travel agency specialising in tours for blind and partially-sighted travellers.

He has had minor acting roles in the BBC Three comedy series It’s Adam and Shelley, and the BBC One drama series Love Soup. In 2020, he appeared as the first ever blind contestant on Celebrity Masterchef.