Yotam Ottolenghi (Author) Yotam Ottolenghi is a cookery writer and chef-patron of the
Ottolenghi delis and NOPI and ROVI restaurants. He writes a weekly column in The Guardian¿s
FEAST magazine and has published seven Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling cookbooks:
PLENTY and PLENTY MORE (his collection of vegetarian recipes) OTTOLENGHI: THE COOKBOOK and
JERUSALEM co-authored with Sami Tamimi NOPI: THE COOKBOOK with Ramael Scully SWEET with
Helen Goh and OTTOLENGHI SIMPLE with Tara Wigley. Yotam has made two 'Mediterranean Feasts'
series for More 4 a BBC4 documentary 'Jerusalem on a Plate¿ and his hugely popular 'Simple
Pleasures' podcast. ottolenghi.co.uk. @ottolenghi Sami Tamimi (Author) Sami Tamimi was born and
raised in Jerusalem and was immersed in food from childhood. He started his career as
commis-chef in a Jerusalem hotel and worked his way up through many restaurants and ethnic
traditions to become head chef of Lilith one of the top restaurants in Tel Aviv in the
1990¿s. Sami moved to London in 1997 and worked at Baker and Spice as head chef where he set
up a traiteur section with a rich Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean spread. In 2002 he partnered
with Noam Bar and Yotam Ottolenghi to set up Ottolenghi in Notting Hill. The company now has
four stores and two restaurants NOPI and ROVI all in central London. In his position as the
executive head chef Sami is involved in developing and nurturing young kitchen talents and
creating new dishes and innovative menus. Alongside Yotam Ottolenghi Sami Tamimi is co-author
of two bestselling cookbooks: Ottolenghi: The Cookbook and Jerusalem: A Cookbook.
