Today we’re joined on Honey & Co. The Food Sessions by Ravider Bhogal. Ravinder is an award-winning British chef, food writer, and restaurateur known for her "no borders" cooking style that blends Indian, Kenyan, and British flavours. She is the founder of one of our favourite London restaurants Jikoni in Marylebone, which is celebrated for its proudly inauthentic, immigrant-inspired cuisine. Ravinder is a dear friend and a wonderful storyteller, and it was pure delight to spend an afternoon talking about the things that bring her joy.

The world feels like a lot right now, and it can be hard to find those small moments that make us smile. In restaurants, we get three chances a day to bring joy — breakfast, lunch and dinner — but it doesn’t stop there. This season, The Joy Season, we’ll be talking to some truly brilliant people about the sparks of joy that keep them going, on and off the plate.

Dish: Dhal, rice achar, or kitchari

Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë and Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Restaurant: Quo Vadis, London

Film: Caramel, Dir. Nadine Labaki

TV: White Lotus

Place : Kenya

Advice : Keep yourself rare

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Producer: Miranda Hinkley

Sound Engineer: Melis Uslu

Sound Mixer: Paul Brogden

Theme Song: Daniel Winshall

Honey & Co Team: Louisa Cornford & Winnie Thomas

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