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Bold: Big Flavour Twists to Classic Dishes

By Nisha Katona

Published 2024

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Nisha Katona gave up a 20-year career as a barrister in 2014 and used all her savings to found and run the Mowgli Street Food restaurants and the Mowgli Trust charity. The Trust raises over £500k each year for charities and sponsors a child in need for every full-time employee. She received an MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours List for services in the food industry. She is the author of five cookbooks including the bestselling Mowgli Street Food, 30 Minute Mowgli and Meat Free Mowgli. She has been featured extensively as a business and food expert on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 and Radio 4, and is a regular chef on ITV’s This Morning and a judge on the BBC’s Great British Menu and MasterChef.