Food is, quite simply, a way of communicating, believes Urvashi Roe. It breaks the ice and gets people talking. “People form relationships around food, communicating something of their life and what they’re passionate about. Every day, we break down barriers through food,” she says.
This explains why, at the same time as forging a highly successful corporate career, the 51-year-old works part-time as a cookery tutor, writer, stylist and recipe developer. A former contestant on The Great British Bake, Urvashi ran a community café in north London during a career break and recently published her debut cookbook, (£20, Kitchen Press). The book is an exploration of all kinds of tasty snacks, such as samosas, kachori and chickpea flour fafra crispbreads – known collectively as farsan.
