Beyond Brilliant: Inspired Indian Cooking

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To showcase my talent to the world and write my two cook-books as well as pass by skills and knowledge on through my cookery school and of course the cookery shows on television for which today I am recognised. I feel truly blessed. The book features a nice mixture of recipes ranging from starters, mains, sides and desserts. I love the fact that it features desserts as I personally haven’t seen many recipes for Indian desserts so it would be nice to try and make some. I had some Indian Desserts when I went in 2014 and they are very nice!

Dipna is also a Guest Chef Lecturer in Catering and Hospitality at The University of West London, a demo Chef and is working on her range of ready meals called DAMM. Her passion and dedication in the food world keeps her striving higher and this enables her to continue her food journey.

Which colleague, mentor or employer has had the biggest influence on your approach to the hospitality business?​ Later in the book there is a section on the Brilliant family where Dipna writes about her mother and her brother. Its interesting to read that her mother didn’t know how to cook but with time and practice she now cooks and even says she could teach her husband a few things. Dipna’s brother has been in the restaurant for 10 years as well as working hard in the restaurant he is working on finding new new clients and bringing in new business.

She is Co-Owner of the famous Brilliant Restaurant in Southall and author of the "Beyond Brilliant" cook-book and also runs her very own cookery school. Dipna has an exclusive partnership with Restaurant Associates and Levy (part of the Compass group) for whom she is brand Chef for a Punjabi range of dishes she has created for the company. Her "Dip In" videos which are now available across her social media channels, showcase her delicious recipes proving the secrets of cooking Indian food and innovative recipes can be mastered within minutes and how simple it is to create magic in the kitchen. Another thing I really like about this book is the focus on healthy options as well. More and more people are looking to go for more healthy options, in my house we tend to replace certain things with others so that it is more slimming and less syns 🙂

Passionate about healthy food

One thing you can really tell from the book is that the whole Brilliant business is a family business and that family means a great deal to them, which I think its excellent! There is then a final section on the Brilliant Wedding, giving a bit of information on the wedding as well as Dipna’s Involvement in it.