Silvena Rowe (née Lauta, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian chef, food writer, television personality and restaurateur.
[1] She also met Malcolm Gluck and the two began to write a regular food column for The Guardian newspaper.
[3] After her father's death she wanted to rediscover her heritage so she travelled through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan tracing her Ottoman roots; this resulted in her cookbook Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume.
[citation needed] On 7 June 2011, her restaurant Quince opened at The May Fair Hotel in Mayfair, London.
[5][6] Her restaurant is influenced by her Turkish heritage- homage to her grandfather Mehmed, who used to cook the dishes for her father.