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Parveen Ashraf (born 22 June 1965) is a British food writer and TV chef of Indian cuisine.

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Born	(1965-06-22) 22 June 1965 (age 59) Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Occupation	Food writer, TV presenter, Newspaper columnist, author
Years active	2008-Present
Television	Parveen's Indian Kitchen Saturday Morning with James Martin Ideal World Hochanda
Spouse(s)	Qamar Ashraf (m. 1987)
Children	3

Biography

Ashraf was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and attended Carlton Bolling College. She spent most of her early career working in education eventually becoming an Ofsted inspector. Whilst working for Ofsted, Ashraf was diagnosed with a tumour and after a year of surgery she decided to leave her job and follow her passion of cooking. She went on to set up her own catering company and taught Indian cooking at adult colleges in East Anglia. In 2010, Ashraf developed her own range of recipes and spice kits to make authentic Indian food and became a regular guest presenter on TV shopping channels Ideal World and Hochanda. Ashraf appeared on the popular channel 4 show, Come Dine with Me, in 2009.

In 2016 her debut cookbook, Parveen The Spice Queen, Step by Step Authentic Indian Cooking was published and she began writing a weekly food column for the Peterborough Telegraph. Ashraf appeared as a guest presenter on Saturday Morning with James Martin in October 2018 showcasing some of her own dishes including 'Onion Bhaji Butty'. Following her success on TV, Ashraf presented Parveen's Indian Kitchen, a 10 part cooking series which aired on ITV in January 2019. The series was later broadcast in India, Norway, France, Australia, Sweden and Israel.

Personal life

Ashraf and her husband, Qamar, a civil engineer and property development manager, married in 1987 and have three children together. They live in Werrington Village, Peterborough. .....

Filmography

Television