Who is Asma Khan?

CHEF Asma Khan has risen to fame through her impressive cooking skills.

The star is known for her TV appearances, including being a guest chef on Celebrity MasterChef 2022.

Who is chef Asma Khan?

Asma Khan is best known for her cooking career which has seen her appear on multiple TV programmes.

However, she hasn't always had ambitions to be a chef.

She studied at La Martiniere School in Kolkata ahead of moving to the UK with her husband in 1991.

However, at this time Asma has revealed she couldn't even boil an egg and only picked up her skills when she went back to India.

She graduated with a law PhD from London's King's College but decided not to follow that career path as it wasn't "her personality".

She went on to develop her love for cooking by running private supper clubs in her London home.

Asma's has also written cookbooks, with Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul published in March 2022.

Does Asma Khan have a restaurant?

Asma opened her own restaurant in London in 2017, where the work force was made up entirely of women with no professional training.

The Darjeeling Express restaurant was based in Covent Garden and served Indian food, however it has now closed.

On August 24, 2022, Asma opened a pop-up in partnership with The Pembroke in Kensington and Chelsea.

The website states that chef and owner Asma works most days at the restaurant but has other commitments so is not guaranteed to be present when guests visit.  

The pop-up has been launched ahead of the opening of a new permanent location and will be open until the end of November 2022.

Asma is looking for an open kitchen to show off her all-female staff.

What TV shows has Asma been on?

In August 2022 Asma appeared on Celebrity MasterChef, setting the contestants the challenge of recreating one of her own dishes.

Asma has appeared on BBC's Saturday Kitchen and is well-known for her appearance on Netflix's Chef's Table.

The American documentary-style show follows a variety of chefs and how they got to where they are.

Asma's episode is described as: "On her unlikely journey from Calcutta tomboy to celebrated London chef, Asma Khan has shattered conventions and created new opportunities for women."

She was the first British chef to feature on the programme.

Is Asma married and does she have children?

Asma is married to Mushtaq who is an academic, however, according to Asma he is not a fan of her food.

The pair have two sons together.

Despite regularly posting updates of her career to her Instagram page, Asma tends to keep her family life private.