Vicky Bhogal

Vicky Bhogal exploded onto the food scene in 2003 with her first cookbook, the bestselling Cooking Like Mummyji, a love letter to the Punjabi Indian food she was brought up on. It won the Jeremy Round award for Best First Book at the Guild of Food Writers Awards and was shortlisted for Best Book at the Glenfiddich Awards. In 2005 she conceived, compiled and edited the celebrity recipe book A Fair Feast, which has raised over 100,000 for The Fairtrade Foundation and Oxfam s Make Trade Fair Campaign. In 2006, she published her third book, A Year of Cooking like Mummyji, exploring British Asian styles of cookery against the backdrop of the seasons. Vicky also created her own authentic food range, Just Like Mummyji s exclusively with Tesco in 2005, winning her a Grocer Award in 2006. She lives in London and is currently developing her own restaurant venture and new product lines as well as writing her first novel. Find out more at www.vickybhogal.com.