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In 2005, Thomasina Myers shot to fame as the winner of BBC 2's Master Chef,

with a style of food that was described as bold and at times eccentric.

Food, however, was long part of her master plan after first visiting Mexico aged 18,

when she fell in love with the country and its cuisine.

Thomasina went on to launch her Mexican street-style food restaurant in 2007, and

Oaxaca can now be found in over 25 locations across the country.

With a fundamental pledge to ethics and sustainability, it was the first UK restaurant to be

certified carbon neutral.

An outbreak of norovirus in 2016 caused Rojaka to temporarily close nine restaurants,

but this did little to dampen the brand which has continued to see growth at a time when so many are closing.

Cook, writer, former master chef winner, restaurateur and mother to three young girls, Thomasina Myers.

Welcome to your Sherlock success story. Thank you. So let's go back. How did you even get into food?

Has it been a part of your life from Day Dot? I was so bad at dolls that I think I retreated to the kitchen.

My brother and sister would spend hours happily playing and I would just get bored.

And somehow in the kitchen I could find something to do.

I had a session with being as close to my mother as possible as a real mother's girl.

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