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TV chef and restaurateur

Shelina Permalloo is a TV chef, restaurateur and cookery author who specialises in Mauritian food. She was the first woman of colour to win BBC's MasterChef in 2012.

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Early life

Permalloo was born and brought up in Southampton and identifies as being a British Mauritian with both parents migrating from Mauritius.^[1]

Career

After time as a project manager in the field of equality, diversity and inclusion, Permalloo took part in MasterChef programme and she became BBC’s MasterChef Champion in 2012.

She published her first cook book Sunshine on a Plate based on her Mauritian heritage. She opened her first restaurant Lakez Maman in Southampton in 2016.^[2] Her restaurant is inspired by modern Mauritian street food^[1] and is run by an all-female management team.^[3]

Permalloo is a panellist on BBC Radio 4 The Kitchen Cabinet with food critic Jay Rayner.^[3] She has returned as a j Shelina Permalloo | MasterChef Wiki | Fandom SACUX