“Food is a way for us to have this conversation about how similar we all are—it connects us and unites us beyond differing appearances, accents, races and backgrounds.&”
—From Ammu
to England when, in 2017. She founded, manages and works as the head chef of the Darjeerling Express, a brick-and-mortar restaurant in London that started off as a supper club. Born in Calcutta, now Kolkata, Khan’s food journey started young. Her family traveled extensively around India for her father’s job. Later as a young adult, she relocated to the United Kingdom. Khan’s cooking ethos reflects her worldly upbringing and education—with degrees in history and law leading to a lifelong passion for cooking and becoming a pioneer for South Asian cuisine in the UK, having written cookbooks while raising two children, opening restaurants and even appearing on Netflix’s
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