SPICE AND EASY

"Of course, neither of them are in the Middle East.

- Sabrina Ghayour

Her recipe ideas do derive from far and wide though; "My uncle's Pakistani, my other uncle is Afghani - I grew up with all influences... [and] there's a lot of Persian influence in lots of other countries, we got around, the Persian empire."

Self-taught from the age of five ("My mum can’t cook at all, no one taught me, I just watched telly"), Sabrina grew up trying things out in the kitchen, eventually launching 'Sabrina's Kitchen' supper clubs from her London flat, and is now a regular on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen as well as Channel 4's Sunday Brunch.

The fact that she’s a home cook, rather than a professional restaurant chef, isn’t a disadvantage though, she says.