Nisha Katona to showcase culinary skills at this year's Southport Flower Show

Nisha Katona MBE will be showcasing her exceptional culinary skills at this year’s Southport Flower Show on Saturday, 17th August.

Nisha will join the star studded line up in the cookery theatre, at Southport Flower Show, offering visitors a chance to witness the culinary magic of a true trailblazer.

Nisha Katona MBE, a former barrister who transitioned into the culinary world in 2014, has since become a highly successful restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV chef.

As the CEO, executive chef, and development chef of Mowgli Street Food restaurants, she has established eighteen locations across the UK, and five cookbooks, bringing her passion for Indian cooking to a broad audience.

Beyond her culinary achievements, Nisha is passionate about using business as a force for good. Her charity, the Mowgli Trust, donates over £500,000 annually to local and global charities, making a significant impact worldwide.

Her warm and articulate presence on camera, honed by 20 years as a barrister, has made her a captivating public speaker with an innate ability to engage and inspire her audience.

The Southport Flower Show, sponsored by the Seventy Ninth Group, is the UK’s largest independent flower show, attracting over 55,000 visitors across four days. This year’s show, running from Thursday 15 – Sunday 18 August 2024, marks a special celebration of 100 years of the Southport Flower Show.

Visitors can look forward to an array of attractions, including inspirational show gardens, spectacular floral displays, expert gardening advice, a pop-up shopping village with everything you need for home and garden, cookery demonstrations, live music, and entertainment.

Matt Tebbutt. Image provided by Southport Flower Show

The Garden Theatre lineup includes special guests such as Carole Baxter and George Anderson of Beechgrove Garden, Adam Frost of BBC Gardeners’ World, David Domoney of Love Your Garden, Skinny Jean Gardener of Blue Peter, and CBeebies star Justin Fletcher.

In the Cookery Theatre, sponsored by Lancashire Tea and Nationwide Produce, celebrity chefs Phil Vickery of This Morning, Platinum Pudding winner Jemma Melvin, and Matt Tebbutt of Saturday Kitchen will be demonstrating their culinary talents. Another big name is set to be announced soon!