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Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express has been named as one of the 100 most influential people of 2024 on Time magazine’s annual list. The Calcutta-born chef and restaurateur started out by running a supper club in her home, and now operates Darjeeling Express from permanent premises in Kingly Court, Soho, with what she calls an […]
Asma Khan has relaunched her Darjeeling Express as a pop-up in a Kensington pub while she looks for a new permanent site, having closed last month after less than two years in Covent Garden. The restaurant opened this week in its temporary siding at the Pembroke, almost next door to the Troubadour in the Old […]
Top chefs including Asma Khan (pictured), Raymond Blanc, Phil Howard and Thomasina Miers have thrown their weight behind a new international campaign to encourage sustainable eating. Launching next week, One Planet Plates aims to serve 5 million sustainable meals this year through more than 2,000 participating restaurants of every type. The oneplanetplate.org website lists restaurants […]
Asma Khan will not reopen her acclaimed restaurant Darjeeling Express in Soho. Instead, the chef will search for a new, bigger premises when the future of the hospitality industry is a little more solid, Eater first reported. Khan said plans to move out of the 55-cover spot, in Kingly Court, were underway last year, but […]
Asma Khan is to open a new restaurant in Soho. Calcutta Canteen by Darjeeling Express will be a Bengali-inspired cafe, serving bread buns called pau, traditional teas, and Indian cakes. Khan, who next year will become the first British chef to appear on Netflix’s Chef’s Table, will be running Calcutta Canteen on until February 2019. As a […]
In honour of International Women’s Day (8 March) we would like to draw your attention to some of the best female chefs working in kitchens across the UK today. Some are household names already, others you may not have heard of yet, but all are formidable talents. Cheffing as a profession is still dominated by […]
