Anjum Anand

Infobox Chef
name=Anjum Anand


birthdate=
birthplace= London, England
style=Indian cuisine
education=
television= "Indian Food Made Easy", BBC Two "Market Kitchen", "Great Food Live", UKTV
website=http://www.anjumanand.co.uk

Anjum Anand is a British Indian food writer and TV chef of Indian cuisine. She is considered one of the first food writers to create Indian recipes to cater for the health conscious cook.cite web|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chef_biogs/a.shtml#anjum_anand |title= Anjum Anand chef biog |last= BBC Food]

Anand was born in London and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, while spending time as a student in Paris and Madrid. She speaks French and Spanish, holds a degree in European business administration, and for a period ran a business importing flat-pack furniture from eastern Europe.cite web|last= Edemariam |first= Aida, "The Guardian" |title= Move Over, Nigella |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jul/14/lifeandhealth.foodanddrink |date= July 14, 2007 ] She has worked in the kitchens of hotel restaurants including at Café Spice in New York, as a waitress in Park Royal Hotel in New Dehli, and for Tommy Tang at Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles.

Her perspective on adapting healthy meals from a traditionally rich Indian diet came from personal experience of weight problems while growing up. Her diet consists of varied traditional dishes, recreated with wholesome ingredients and limited oil.cite web|last = Melwani |first= Lavina, "Little India" |title= Eat, Drink and Be Svelte |url= http://www.littleindia.com/january2005/EatDrinkSvelte.htm |date= January, 2005 ] At age 25 her first book "Indian Every Day: Light Healthy Indian Food" was published.

Anand became a regular guest on UKTV Food's "Great Food Live" from 2004 to 2007, and featured in the BBC Two series "Indian Food Made Easy" broadcast in 2007. Her accent and flirtatious manner have led to her being dubbed "the Nigella Lawson of Indian cuisine in Britain".cite web|last= Sethi |first= Anita, "The Guardian" |title= Indian made effortless |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/20/foodanddrink.recipe |date= August 20 2008] Reacting to descriptions of herself as "television's tastiest chef", she finds it "preposterous".cite web|last= Wilde |first= Jon, "The Mail on Sunday" |title= Let TV chef Anjum Anand add some spice to your life |url= http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/moslive/article-481795/Let-TV-chef-Anjum-Anand-add-spice-life.html |date=15 September 15, 2007 ]

She has been a regular contributor to "The Times Online" food pages since 2007. She has acted as consultant chef to Birds Eye brand to develop a range of healthy Indian ready meals. [LifeStyle FOOD [http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/chefs/chef.asp?id=475 Chef - Anjum Anand biography] ] In September 2008 Anand published her third recipe book "Anjum's New Indian", followed by a new BBC television series in November.Arnstein, Victoria, Bookseller.com (July 11, 2008) [http://www.thebookseller.com/books/author-profiles/62873-some-like-it-hot.html Some like it hot] ]

Published works

*"Indian Every Day: Light, Healthy Indian Food" ( Headline Book Publishing, ISBN 0755312015)
*"Indian Food Made Easy" (2007, Quadrille Publishing, ISBN 9781844005710)
*"Anjum's New Indian" (2008, Quadrille Publishing, (ISBN 9781844006168)

References

* [http://uktv.co.uk/food/item/aid/535351 Anjum Anand bio] UKTV Food;Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.anjumanand.co.uk/ Anjum Anand official site]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/anjum_anand/ Anjum Anand in "The Times Online"]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/indianfood_index.shtml "Indian Food Made Easy" on BBC.co.uk]