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5 March 2021

Episode 464

30 minutes

Why Syria’s food culture deserves much more attention, and how Saima Khan found global success as a private chef.

5 March 2021

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Saima Khan

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Saima Khan, founder of The Hampstead Kitchen, left her career in finance in order to embark on a career as a private chef – and the rest is history. She explains how she impresses the A-listers who have visited some of the world’s best restaurants, and how the pandemic has changed her business.

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The week’s top food and drink headlines.

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A Syrian feast

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Anas Atassi has just released a cookbook about the food of his home country. Now based in Amsterdam, Atassi explains why now is the time to release the book ‘Sumac: Recipes And Stories from Syria’, and why the food of his home country deserves so much more attention.

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