Born in Kenya to Indian parents, Ravinder Bhogal is an award-winning journalist, author, chef and restaurateur. Ravinder’s acclaimed restaurant, Jikoni, in Marylebone is inspired by her mixed heritage, and the UK’s diverse immigrant culture. Her ‘no borders kitchen’ celebrates the narrative of those who have the ache for what they left behind, yet a wonder of their new landscape.

She has authored three award-winning cookbooks, is the food columnist for the FT Weekend Magazine, Guardian Feast, contributing editor at Harper’s Bazaar and regularly writes for The Observer Magazine, Condé Nast Traveller and Vogue online.

Alongside her writing, Ravinder has also travelled the globe as a reporter for Channel 4’s magazine show, Food: What Goes in your Basket? Other UK television credits include appearances on prime-time Saturday Kitchen, Sunday Brunch, Saturday Morning with James Martin, Masterchef and This Morning. She has been seen on prime time Indian television with her own 22-part series, Ravinder’s Kitchen (BBC Worldwide) which was also sold across Asia and the Middle East.

Top Titles

• Cook in Boots (2009)
• Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen (2020)
• Comfort & Joy: Irresistible Pleasures from a Vegetarian Kitchen (2023)