PORTRAITS: NITIN KAPOOR, ELENA HEATHERWICK, AYA BRACKETT, TARA FISHER, GARETH MORGANS, JONATHAN PERUGIA, CHARLIE RICHARDS, MIKE ENGLISH
CYRUS TODIWALA
Chef-patron of London’s Café Spice Namasté
THE SKILL Master gravy
“When preparing goat meat or Indian free-range chicken, both of which take ages to cook, my mother always used a lid for the pot that was more like a deep round tray – a thali – and filled it with water. This not only made it heavy, sealing the pot, but also heated the water, which she slowly fed to the masala as it dried out, and the gravy was gradually formed to perfection.”
OLIA HERCULES
Food writer and cookbook author