Nisha Katona

Nisha Katona is the CEO, executive chef and development chef of Mowgli Street Food restaurants and founder of the Mowgli Trust charity, which donates over �500k each year. In 2014, she gave up the security of a 20-year career as a barrister and used all her savings to open the first Mowgli Street Food restaurant in Liverpool. Since then, Nisha has grown Mowgli Street Food to a much-loved chain of over 20 restaurants across the UK. Mowgli Street Food is ranked as a Top 10 Big Organisation on...See more

Nisha Katona is the CEO, executive chef and development chef of Mowgli Street Food restaurants and founder of the Mowgli Trust charity, which donates over �500k each year. In 2014, she gave up the security of a 20-year career as a barrister and used all her savings to open the first Mowgli Street Food restaurant in Liverpool. Since then, Nisha has grown Mowgli Street Food to a much-loved chain of over 20 restaurants across the UK. Mowgli Street Food is ranked as a Top 10 Big Organisation on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 list, and according to Best Companies, is the 11th Best Company to Work For in the UK. Nisha received an MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours List for services in the food industry. She is the author of five cookbooks including the bestselling Mowgli Street Food, 30 Minute Mowgli and Meat Free Mowgli. She has been featured extensively as a business and food expert on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 and Radio 4, and is a regular chef on ITV's This Morning and a judge on the BBC's Great British Menu and MasterChef . Find out more on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube: @mowglistreetfood See less