Sabrina Ghayour (born 5 January 1976) is a British-Iranian chef, food writer and author. She is the host of the supper club ‘Sabrina's Kitchen’ and released her first cookbook, ''Persiana'', in May 2014.

Early life

Sabrina Ghayour was born in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, Iran, and moved to west London with her mother at the start of the

1979 Iranian revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

Career

After completing her education, Ghayour was employed by restaurateurs such as Ken Hom and worked in corporate catering in the

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for around fifteen years. Ghayour teaches Persian and Middle Eastern classes at cookery schools. She has worked as a consultant on menu and product development for corporate firms, retail brands, airlines, caterers and supermarkets. Ghayour's debut cookbook, ''Persiana'', was released in May 2014. It covers the food and flavours from the regions around the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Although some recipes in the book are authentic, some draw inspiration from the Middle East and combine flavours and ingredients of the region with produce available in supermarkets everywhere. ''Persiana'' spent nine weeks on best-seller lists and won the

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2014 Best New Cookbook award in October. Ghayour then published ''Sirocco'' (2016) and ''Feasts'' (2017). Her fourth book, ''Bazaar – Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes'', was published in 2019.

Selected works

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References

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