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Leyla Kazim
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Leyla Kazim hosting Pub in the Park Festival in 2022
BornSidcup, London, England
🎓 Alma materUniversity College London
💼 Occupation
Known forThe Food Programme, MasterChef, MasterChef: The Professionals

Leyla Kazim is a British television presenter, broadcaster, food critic and journalist. She is best known as a broadcaster on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme[1] and as a food critic on BBC One's MasterChef[2] and MasterChef: The Professionals.[3]

Early life and education[edit]

Kazim was born in Sidcup, Greater London to a Turkish-Cypriot father and Mauritian mother. She attended Townley Grammar School in Bexleyheath and studied astrophysics at University College London.[4]

Journalism[edit]

In 2014 she became a freelance food and travel journalist, contributing to Your Local Guardian,[5] The Caterer,[6] Evening Standard[7] and The Guardian.[8]

In 2018 she co-authored the Lonely Planet's 'Ultimate Eatlist' guidebook.[9]

Television and radio[edit]

Kazim is part of the presenting team on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme since 2019. In October 2019 she featured on a live episode[10] of The Food Programme at the BBC Radio Theatre alongside Grace Dent, Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sheila Dillon to celebrate the shows 40th birthday. She is a judge on the BBC's Food & Farming Awards.[11][12]

Kazim is a food critic on the BBC's Masterchef[13] and Masterchef: The Professionals.[14] She has also appeared as a judge on Channel 4's Beat the Chef.[15]

In 2023, Kazim appeared as a presenter on the BBC's Food Fest England[16] and Coast to Coast Food Festival.[17]

References[edit]

  1. "BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme - The Food Programme Presenters". BBC. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. "BBC One - MasterChef, Series 19, Episode 8". BBC. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. O, Y. (2022-11-15). "MasterChef's new food critic: Leyla Kazim". Londra Gazete. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  4. "LEYLA KAZIM". Mother Tongue. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  5. "Profile: Leyla Kazim". www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  6. "Menuwatch Jidori". The Caterer. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  7. Maschler, Fay (2017-12-14). "The Hour Glass: Hail the new simplicity". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  8. Kazim, Leyla (2021-03-01). "I ate three in a row: the Bombay burger, India's favourite fast food – plus the recipe". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  9. Hetter, Katia (2018-08-14). "500 food experiences worth traveling for". CNN. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  10. "BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, The Food Programme at 40: Looking Back (Part I)". BBC. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  11. "BBC Radio 4 - Food and Farming Awards, Meet the Food & Farming Awards judges for 2019 - Leyla Kazim". BBC. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  12. "BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022: Second Course". BBC. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  13. "BBC One - MasterChef, Series 19, Episode 8". BBC. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  14. MasterChef: The Professionals - Series 15: Episode 6, retrieved 2023-04-19
  15. "Leyla Kazim part of the panel for new Channel 4 cookery gameshow Beat The Chef". www.t-vine.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  16. "BBC One show visits East Anglia to explore mustard production". Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  17. Govan, Chloe (2023-03-13). "BBC's Leyla Kazim spills on outrageous eats ahead of new show". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-19.



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