Gurdeep Loyal

Gurdeep Loyal is an award winning British Indian food writer, columnist, and trend consultant, born and raised in Leicester, England. He was winner of the Jane Grigson Trust Award for new food and drink writers in 2021.

His monthly column in Olive Magazine explores culinary ingredients from around the world through recipes, along with the stories of diasporic home-cooks and chefs that preserve them. He also curates the online platform MotherTongueTV.com which celebrates food histories of migration, race and identity.

Gurdeep has written about food and culture for Courier Magazine, The Food Almanac and Suitcase Magazine; and been a host speaker at the British Library Food Season, Charleston Small Wonder Literary Festival and Food People Trends Summit.

He lives in Hackney, East London, where his best-loved pastimes are eating out, posting over-filtered selfies, and yelling “play Beyoncé” at DJs in clubs