Anjum Anand

Anjum Anand
Born (1971-08-25) 25 August 1971
London, United Kingdom
Education Business Administration School of Geneva
Website Official Site

Culinary career

Cooking style Indian cuisine

Anjum Anand (born 15 August 1971 in London, England) is a British Indian food writer and TV chef of Indian cuisine.

Biography

Anjum Anand, grew up in London but has also lived and studied in Geneva, Paris, and Madrid.[1][2][3] She is Hindu and speaks French and Spanish, holds a degree in European business administration from the European Business School London, and for a period ran a business importing flat-pack furniture from eastern Europe.[3][4] She has worked in the kitchens of hotel restaurants including at Café Spice in New York, as a waitress in Park Royal Hotel in New Delhi, and for Tommy Tang at Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles.[1][5]

Her perspective on adapting healthy meals from a traditionally rich Indian diet came from personal experience of weight problems while growing up. Her diet consists of varied traditional dishes, recreated with wholesome ingredients and limited oil.[5] At age 25 her first book Indian Every Day: Light Healthy Indian Food was published.[1]

Anand became a regular guest on UKTV Food's Great Food Live from 2004 to 2007, and featured in the BBC Two series Indian Food Made Easy broadcast in 2007.[3][6] Her accent and flirtatious manner have led to her being dubbed "the Nigella Lawson of Indian cuisine in Britain".[2] Reacting to descriptions of herself as "television's tastiest chef", she finds it "preposterous".[1]

She has been a regular contributor to The Times Online food pages since 2007. She has acted as consultant chef to Birds Eye brand to develop a range of healthy Indian ready meals.[7] In September 2008 Anand published her third recipe book Anjum's New Indian, followed by a new BBC television series in November.[3]

In mid-2011, she launched the brand The Spice Tailor having seven authentic Indian sauces, specially developed to deliver restaurant quality dishes that enable consumers to fill a gap in the market for those who enjoy fine Indian food [8] [9]

Personal life

In addition to England, Anand also owns family homes in both Delhi and Calcutta.[10]

Published works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Wilde, Jon, The Mail on Sunday (15 September 2007). "Let TV chef Anjum Anand add some spice to your life".
  2. 1 2 Sethi, Anita, The Guardian (20 August 2008). "Indian made effortless".
  3. 1 2 3 4 Arnstein, Victoria, Bookseller.com (11 July 2008) Some like it hot
  4. Edemariam, Aida, The Guardian (14 July 2007). "Move Over, Nigella".
  5. 1 2 Melwani, Lavina, Little India (January 2005). "Eat, Drink and Be Svelte".
  6. BBC Food. "Anjum Anand chef biog".
  7. LifeStyle FOOD Chef - Anjum Anand biography
  8. "The Spice Tailor by Anjum Anand". 16 May 2012.
  9. "The Spice Tailor, Anjum Anand". 16 May 2012.
  10. About Anjum

External links

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