Shelina Permalloo is a TV chef, restaurateur and cookery author who specialises in Mauritian food.
Permalloo was born and brought up in Southampton and identifies as being a British Mauritian with both parents migrating from Mauritius.
She published her first cook book Sunshine on a Plate based on her Mauritian heritage.
[2] Her restaurant is inspired by modern Mauritian street food[1] and is run by an all-female management team.
[3] Permalloo is a panellist on BBC Radio 4 The Kitchen Cabinet with food critic Jay Rayner.