Rukmini Iyer

Rukmini Ayer is the bestselling author of the Roasting Tin cookbok series, selling over 1.75 million copies worldwide. She is a columnist for the Guardian Feast magazine, and writes for numerous publications, including BBC Good Food, Waitrose, and Fortnum & Mason. She grew up in Cambridgeshire with the best of three food cultures: Bengali and South Indian food from her parents’ Indian heritage, alongside classic eighties' mac and cheese and cheese and pineapple on a stick. When she’s not cooking, Rukmini loves gardening, wandering around food markets with border collie and children in tow and entertaining at home with her family.