Ravinder Bhogal

Ravinder Bhogal

Ravinder Bhogal
Born Kenya[1]

Culinary career

Ravinder Bhogal is a British chef, food writer[4][5] and stylist.[6] She rose to fame when she was named by Gordon Ramsay as his new Fanny Cradock, on The F Word.[7][8]

Her debut book Cook in Boots won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for the UK’s Best First Cookbook[9][10] and was awarded the first runners-up prize of the World’s Best First Cookbook at the Paris Cookbook Fair in February 2010. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards feature around 26,000 books from 136 countries.[11] Cook in Boots was released in 2009 by Harper Collins.[12]

BBC program Desi DNA had its highest viewing figures when Ravinder presented a two-parter entitled "The Great British Curry Trail". The show followed her traveling across the country to find out how Britain fell in love with Indian food.[2] She also hosted Ravinder's Kitchen, a culinary TV series that premiered in October 2013 on TLC.[3]

Ravinder is due to open her first restaurant "Jikoni" in Marylebone's Blanford st in September 2016.

Born in Kenya and brought up in London,[1] as of 2010 Ravinder resided in South East London.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 Burney, Ellen (21 April 2013). "Ravinder Bhogal: The Complete Woman". Telegraph: Fashion. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Client Work: Ravinder Bhogal". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "This Diwali join Ravinder for a delicious treat". Times of India. TNN. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. "Food: What Goes in Your Basket? - Episode Guide". Channel 4. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. Rakowitz, Susanne (21 December 2010). ""Love to cook" oder Willkommen im Schlaraffenland". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. Kapoor, Jaskiran (29 November 2013). "Is Chef Ravinder Bhogal India's very own Nigella Lawson?". The Indian Express: Archive. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. Caroli, Aditi (14 November 2013). "Gordon Ramsay changed my life: Ravinder Bhogal". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. Montgomery, Hugh. "The spring foodie list: What to buy, cook, eat & drink this season". The Independent. Retrieved 30 March 2015. ...she won a competition to find "Britain's New Fanny Craddock" on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word...
  9. "Food, Glorious Food". The Asian Today - Interviews. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  10. Rai, Mridu (22 November 2013). "Kitchen chic : Food". India Today. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  11. "Indian food writer awarded". Zee News India. PTI. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  12. Bhogal, Ravinder; Lowe, Jason (2009). Cook in boots. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-729117-5.
  13. Datta, Sohini (7 July 2010). "People | Cook In Boots". Verve Magazine. 18 (7).


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