Abbas Asaria is a writer and cook based in Madrid. He has been published in The Guardian, Vittles, SLOP and other independent publications

Delyth Griffiths is a chef, food stylist and writer based between Cardiff and London. As a food stylist for television and film, she has worked on productions for Netflix, the BBC and Channel 4. She is completing an MA in the Anthropology of Food at SOAS, University of London, where her research explores how Venezuelan women in the UK carry food, memory and place across borders. She also runs the food truck Drizzle and writes Palace of Appetite on Substack.

Ketaki Malaviya is a chemical engineer turned food scholar. After five years in the corporate world, she returned to academia to pursue a Master’s in Food Studies at NYU. Since then, she has worked as a research fellow for Condé Nast and guest lectured for the undergraduate Food History course at NYU. Her MA thesis focused on the Indian-American diaspora, analyzing what their foodways expressed as Indian through their daily eating habits, research she plans to continue pursuing beyond her graduate studies.

Madeleine is a writer and co-founder of Noms du Jour. She writes mostly about food and travel, ideally from a Greek island.

Zuri is a chef and author whose work is deeply rooted in cultural identity and a profound connection to nature. With a heritage spanning from Southwest India to Kenya, Goa, Pune, and Bombay, she explores the traditions and memories that food carries across generations. Zuri has cultivated a perspective shaped by flux and discovery, harnessing her experiences of living in Maine, Istanbul, Dubai, Jericho, and Mumbai, before settling in Marseille. Her approach to cooking is both expressive and contemplative, acting as a celebration of nature's bounty.

Asking her audience to reconsider their relationship with the environment through her praxis, she blends culinary creativity and ecological awareness through thoughtful writing.