Monisha Bharadwaj

Chef 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 by the Guild of Food Writers and her many books have been shortlisted for and won several prestigious international awards. Monisha is a qualified chef from the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai and has been a food consultant to the Times of India (India’s largest media group), creating menus for celebrities such as the Deputy Prime Minister of India as well as several top film stars. She started Cooking With Monisha, situated in West London, in 2004. Today it is a successful school that attracts not only the home cook but also chefs who wish to learn Chef Monisha’s brand of simple authentic Indian cooking. Monisha also teaches her courses at other cookery schools such as The Ashburton School in Devon, Divertimenti in London, The Bertinet Kitchen in Bath and Seasoned in South Derbyshire. Furthermore, 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 judge at the Guild of Fine Food’s ‘Great Taste Awards’ for the past few years. Monisha also holds a BA in Indian History and in 2013, she was invited to be Guest Lecturer at SOAS, University of London, to give a series of talks on ‘The History of India through its Food’.