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Ravinder Bhogal
Chef

Ravinder Bhogal

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Creating Jikoni and writing about immigrant cuisine.

Jikoni · Comfort & Joy

Born
Unknown
Birthplace
Nairobi

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Ravinder Bhogal

Ravinder Bhogal is a British chef and food writer whose cooking draws on East African, South Asian and other culinary traditions.

Early life

Upbringing

Was born in Nairobi and grew up in London.

Career

  1. 2007

    Television

    Won a cooking competition on The F Word.

  2. 2009

    First cookbook

    Published Cook in Boots.

  3. 2016

    Jikoni

    Opened her restaurant in London’s Marylebone.

Selected work

Jikoni

Published recipes from her immigrant kitchen.

Comfort & Joy

Published a vegetarian cookbook.

Beyond work

Community meals

Cooked for hospital staff and disadvantaged people during the pandemic. Her Comfort and Joy meal delivery project also donated meals through the charity NishkamSWAT.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Community meals — biographical source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Rahul Arora. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.