Vivek Singh Interviewed by Rosie Birkett

Chef, author and restaurateur Vivek Singh – the man behind the Cinnamon Kitchen restaurants, including Cinammon Kitchen Oxford – talks about his life and his passion for food.

Singh is one of the UK’s best-known Indian chefs and a regular on the BBC’s Saturday Kitchen and Masterchef. He has pioneered modern Indian food at restaurants such as Cinnamon Kitchen, Cinnamon Soho, Cinnamon Bazaar and Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford. He is author of six cookery books including Vivek Singh’s Festival Feasts.

This event is part of the festival’s programme of Indian literature and culture. Singh is also giving a cooking masterclass in a separate event, and he and his team will prepare a celebratory dinner at New College in the evening.

Here he talks to food writer, stylist and broadcaster Rosie Birkett, a regular columnist for BBC Good Food Magazine and author of A Lot on her Plate and The Joyful Home Cook.

This event is part of the festival’s programme of Indian literature and culture.

Holders of festival tickets can claim a free cinnamon Bellini cocktail by showing their ticket when they dine at the Cinnamon Kitchen restaurant in the Westgate Centre, Oxford, during the festival.