Rachel Ama: Vegan Chef and Cookbook Author

Desert Island Dishes

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Rachel Ama.

Rachel is the rising star of the London vegan scene, her passion for vibrant, colourful food has seen her amass an army of followers online after she went vegan 7 years ago. She started her Youtube channel to show how just easy and delicious it was to cook vegan food and Since then she has gone from strength to strength . She won the Observer Food Monthly Rising Star award in 2019, has presented the Food Programme on Radio 4 and has just released her second cookbook.

She grew up in North London with her Mum, but her recipes are also heavily influenced by her Caribbean and African roots. She has a clever knack for putting a vegan spin on classic dishes with a real emphasis on flavour.

She has been described as vegan goals. She inspires, she cooks she dances and most of all she’s passionate about vegan life.

Rachel’s new book: One Pot: Three Ways is out now!

Thank you to our sponsor Cooks Matches. Find them on Instagram @cooksmatches and head to their website www.cooksmatches.co.uk to find out more.

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0:00.0	This season of Desert Island dishes is sponsored by Cooks Matches.
0:04.7	Cooks matches have been the mainstay of British kitchens for over 40 years
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0:19.6	Perhaps it's because I grew up with them, always being in my parents' kitchen.
0:24.2	Or perhaps it's because they were always there in the background of every birthday cake being lit.
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0:38.9	stoves and barbecues to candles. You may think that all matches are created equal, but surely
0:45.9	we've all gone through a box of matches where they all break before you can even get one to strike.
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1:12.9	Cooks Matches. Thank you very much to Cooks Matches. Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the
1:20.8	Desert Island Dishes Podcast. This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose
1:26.5	their seven Desert island dishes.
1:29.0	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,
1:33.2	the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat
1:38.5	before being cast off to the desert island. How are you all? I hope you're having a lovely
1:44.1	week. It's feeling distinctly
1:47.0	autumnal, which I can't pretend to be sad about. I know we didn't really have a summer, but I love
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