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Helen carries the torch for all the ingredients I love most. Her aubergines are gloriously, unapologetically aubergine, and courgettes play their many parts - ribbons, rounds, dips, fritti. Vegetables behaving exactly as they should. A cook after my own heart.

Helen Graham is a celebrated chef and food writer based in London. Drawing on her Jewish diasporic roots, she pioneers innovative vegetable-forward cooking inspired by cuisines across the Middle East, Eastern Europe and North Africa. She has worked at several prominent Middle Eastern restaurants including the Palomar, the Barbary and the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen. Helen was Executive Chef at renowned London vegetarian restaurant Bubala for 5 years, helping take the business from pop-up to two critically acclaimed sites before leaving in 2023 to go solo. In 2022, Helen was selected as a rising star by Jay Rayner, and she made her debut television appearance on Sunday Brunch. She has since also appeared on Saturday Kitchen. Her recipes have been featured in Great British Chefs, House & Garden, The Guardian, Vogue, Delicious Magazine, Ocado Life Magazine, the Financial Times, and The Observer.