In todays episode our host, Essy Sparrow, chats to Ravinder Bhogal the award winning writer, cook, presenter and restauranteur about her career so far, her reflections and lessons on opening a restaurant and her new cookbook which poses the question - what does it mean for food to be authentic?

To pre-order Ravinder's Cookbook - Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen 

www.amazon.co.uk/Jikoni-Proudly-I…nt/dp/1526601443

To Follow Ravinder Bhogal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/cookinboots/?hl=en

Credit to Jemima Coulter for writing and producing our catchy af Theme Tune: 

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