MONISHA BHARADWAJ for London Walks
Monisha Bharadwaj is
an award winning author, food historian and a food writer based in London, UK.
She was awarded ‘Cookery Writer of the Year’ in 2003 and some of her 15 books
have been shortlisted for awards such as the Cordon Bleu World Food Media
Awards, the Andre Simon Award and the Jacob’s Creek World Food Media Awards. Her books have sold over half a million copies in 8 languages.
Monisha is a qualified
chef from the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied
Nutrition, Mumbai and also has a degree in Indian History as well as a Diploma
in Journalism.
Monisha contributes to
several magazines and newspapers such as Elle, Delicious, The Mail on Sunday
and the Sunday Telegraph and has cooked on TV for Great Food Live and Bites on
UK Food, BBC’s ‘Food and Drink’ and ITV1’s ‘The World’s Best Diet’She has been
a judge on Iron Chef America (The Food Network, USA) and cooked for ‘Chef on a
Shoestring’ (CBS Network, USA).
She runs a successful
Indian cookery school in London called Cooking With Monisha, (www.cookingwithmonisha.com) and also teaches at other cookery schools such as Divertimenti, The
Bertinet Kitchen in Bath, The Ashburton School in Devon and Seasoned in south
Derbyshire. She teaches around 5 classes a week, from training chefs from all
around the world to teaching people with special needs.
Monisha has been Guest
Chef at several charity events such as the BeFund Charity event at Benaras, a
Michelin star restaurant in London and at the Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane
for the UK Medical Association.
She is often invited
to judge food events and has been a regular judge at the Guild of Fine Food’s
‘Great Taste Awards’ for the past few years. In 2013, Monisha was invited to be
Guest Lecturer at SOAS, University of London, to give a series of talks on ‘The
History and Culture of India through its Food’.
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