Reza's Roots

Reza Mahammad

Reza Mahammad, owner of the famed 'Star Of India' in Kensington, TV celebrity and much loved personality, talks about his father’s early struggles when he arrived as a stowaway in 1937. He and a handful of friends attempted to establish Indian cuisine in England and eventually succeeded in changing the eating habits of a nation.

You may wonder what Reza was cooking during the video. Here's his recipe for Lamb Petis

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Interviews

Video interviews

• Anne Dolamore: Independent Publisher
• Antonio Carluccio
• Charles Carey: Olive Oil
• Claudia Roden
• Elisabeth Luard and Anne Dolamore
• Fuschia Dunlop and Mark Hilton
• Gerald Röser
• Jonathan Meades and Matthew Fort
• Josceline Dimbleby and Helen Garlick
• Julyan Wickham and Matthew Fort
• Lord Tebbit and Anne Dolamore
• Marguerite Patten
• Matthew Fort and Prue Leith
• Prue Leith and Fuschia Dunlop
• Reza Mahammad: Reza's Roots
• Roger Phillips and Elisabeth Luard
• Fergus Henderson and Adam Gopnik: "The Table Comes First"
• Valentine Warner and Richard Craig

Other video interviews

• Jonny Crickmore: Baron Bigod
• Mary Quicke: Alpen Cheddar
• Charles Martell: saving the Old Gloucester cow
• Chef's Table with Reza Mahammad

Discussions

• "Antibiotics: A Ticking Bomb": Professor Oya Alpar and Professor Vivian Moses
• "The Future of Food 1: Farming": Professor Vivian Moses and Phil Bicknell of the NFU
• "The Future of Food 2: Climate Change": Professor Vivian Moses and Professor Ross Reynolds of Reading University Department of Metorology

The GM Foods debates

• London
• Norwich
• Holt
• Michael Summers (Audio)