Vivek Singh

Chef, author and restaurateur Vivek Singh – the man behind the Cinnamon Kitchen restaurant – offers a cookery masterclass at Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford.

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. Singh will welcome ticketholders with coffee, tea and fresh juices and an introduction to spices. He will then demonstrate the preparation of vegetable samosas followed by demonstration of a Kerala spiced fish wrapped in banana leaf, and with a green mango chutney. The class will last approximately 1 hour and there will be time afterwards to taste the samosas.

This event is part of the festival’s programme of Indian literature and culture. Singh is also talking about his life in food at a separate event in conversation with food writer, stylist and broadcaster Rosie Birkett, and he and his team will prepare a celebratory dinner at New College in the evening.

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.