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Anjum Anand (born c.1971 in London), is an Anglo-Indian food writer and television presenter.
Born the third child of parents who immigrated to London in the 1960s for the Punjab, India, she grew up in the UK and Switzerland.[1]
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Anjum Anand grew up in London but has also lived and studied in Geneva, Paris and Madrid. After gaining a European Business degree she decided to develop her interest in Indian cookery and, in particular, making her native food fresher, lighter and simpler to cook.
She has worked across the world in innovative restaurants such as Café Spice in New York, the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles, and the Park Royal Hotel's Indian restaurant in New Delhi, but her real love is delicious and stylish food that is simple enough to cook at home. She challenges fiercely the assertion that Indian food is heavy and difficult to cook and is determined to make 'cooking an Indian' as common as rustling up a stir-fry.
Anjum was one of the first writers to create and write Indian recipes catering for the health-conscious cook and her first book, Indian Every Day: Light, Healthy Indian Food, was published in 2003 and has sold more than 30,000 copies.
She has family homes in Delhi and Calcutta and loves the regional and cultural traditions of Indian food with the passion of a real insider. Anjum was a regular guest on UKTV Food's Great Food Live from 2004-07 and is now a regular contributor to The Times Online food pages. She also worked with Birds Eye as their consultant chef to help develop their healthy range of Indian ready meals.
Her new six-part primetime BBC Two television series on Indian cookery, Indian Food Made Easy, starts on July 9th 2007. A book of the same name will accompany the series published by Quadrille on August 3rd available in all good bookshops.
