Chef, author and broadcaster with three decades of culinary experience
Brought up in Cumbria, I’ve crossed continents and worked as a chef in Delhi's hotel kitchens, cooked in street bazaars, palaces, TV studios and in homes across India. Based in London, I continue to create recipes, write about food, and share regional Indian cooking skills. My latest book, India The World Vegetarian (Bloomsbury Absolute), is now available.
Photo Credit: Sharron Gibson
Across the miles: Cumbria to New Delhi and now London
I grew up with Cumbrian baking alongside my mother's masalas in our kitchen. At eighteen, I rubbed the rough edges from my northern cooking style at the Cordon Bleu Cookery School in London, and then lived in India for two decades…
I work with international and British brands across the food, hospitality and media sectors. As an industry expert, I have a track record in delivering content across print, broadcast and multiplatform. I'm also a published author and restaurant reviewer, with decades of experience as a chef and recipe developer for restaurants, magazines and food brands.
Project management
Various assignments, such as scoping Rick Stein's India series for BBC2, overseeing Delicious magazine’s produce awards, and researching contributors for TV and advertising campaigns.
Recipe writing
Features for publications and websites include BBC Good Food, Sainsbury’s, Delicious, Olive, Waitrose, Tesco, The Telegraph and The Financial Times.
Broadcasting
Industry insight and opinion for brands such as BBC, Sky, Star TV and UKTV; judging BBC R4’s Food and Farming Awards.
Cookery demonstrations
Regular host of Borough Market demonstrations in London and at leading cookery schools.
Research and development
Working with brands such as Tilda, Sharwoods, and advertising agency BBH.
Restaurant reviewing
Fifteen years of restaurant reviewing for Time Out magazine and other national guides.
Photo: David Loftus
Whether I’m cooking regional Indian classics, British staples or globally inspired dishes, this is where you’ll find my tried and tested recipes, videos and images. I’ll regularly update this section with new ideas, which will reflect the change of seasons and my mood.
Photo: David Loftus
“I've recently been cooking my way through Roopa Gulati's lovely India from The World Vegetarian series, and her dishes are quite unlike the stereotypes, lifted by fragrant ginger and garlic, rather than the thwack of chilli heat.”
-- Fiona Beckett * Guardian Feast *
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