Live Cooking Evening with Noor Murad
Join the recipe developer behind some of Ottolenghi's most-loved dishes, Noor Murad for an evening of conversation and cookery.
In this exclusive, intimate event, you'll select from one of our wine bar's most loved wines and watch Noor craft a few of her favourite dishes. After tucking into a few samples, there will be plenty of time for discussion and questions.
"There’s an incredible generosity to Noor’s cooking, capturing the spirit of so many cooks across the Middle East: bold gestures, big flavours, whole universes of food around a single table. Noor is also a unique talent; her cooking reflects the essence of home comfort, plus an unmatched innovative palate." – Yotam Ottolenghi
Your ticket includes:
A glass of wine from our wine bar favourites
A copy of Noor's brand-new book (worth £28.00)
The opportunity to meet Noor and sample her world-class catering
About LUGMA
"I adore this book. It’s personal, beautifully written – Noor’s voice draws you in and holds you there – and the recipes are absolutely glorious." – Diana Henry
"There’s an incredible generosity to Noor’s cooking, capturing the spirit of so many cooks across the Middle East: bold gestures, big flavours, whole universes of food around a single table. Noor is also a unique talent; her cooking reflects the essence of home comfort, plus an unmatched innovative palate." – Yotam Ottolenghi
In Lugma, Noor offers over 100 recipes as an ode to the food she grew up eating – traditional flavours and modern dishes from Bahrain, the surrounding Middle East, and beyond.
Lugma in Arabic means a bite. For Noor, as a chef and co-author of two Ottolenghi Test Kitchen cookbooks, her career has been centred around taking bites of food and analysing them to create the perfect dish. Raised in Bahrain and now based in London, Noor takes you on a culinary journey to celebrate her own food culture. Her recipes are inspired by the foods of her upbringing: the elaborate rice dishes and black limes of the Gulf, an abundance of herbs and sour flavours from Iran, liberal spice and chilli heat from India and the vibrant foods of the Levant – to create a unique collection of traditional and re-imagined dishes from the Middle East.
From Spring Time Fattoush and Stuffed Baby Aubergines to Slow-cooked Fenugreek Lamb with Pickled Chillies and Pistachio Cake with Labneh, these beautiful and inspirational recipes are full of love and warmth to be recreated in your own kitchen.
About Noor Murad
Credit: Matt Russell
Noor Murad is a Bahraini-born chef whose International work experience eventually brought her to the Ottolenghi family in 2016. She has since developed recipes for Falastin, Ottolenghi Flavour, Ottolenghi's Masterclass series and other online Ottolenghi publications. Her Bahraini roots have a strong influence on her cooking, with Arabic, Persian and Indian flavours making a prominent appearance in her recipes.