RECIPES YOHINI NANDAKUMAR AND TERRY BLAKE WORDS PHOEBE STONE PHOTOGRAPHS MIKE ENGLISH FOOD STYLING LOTTIE COVELL STYLING VICTORIA ELDRIDGE
Only a few years ago, Sparrow co-owner Yohini was a lawyer with zero food experience, but that wasn’t going to stop her fulfilling her dream of opening a restaurant. She made endless fruitless requests for work experience in restaurants before Terry, then head pastry chef at London’s St John, offered her a stage in his kitchen. The professional relationship became personal too – the pair are now married – but the rest wasn’t quite history.