Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli-British chef and food writer behind the Ottolenghi delis, NOPI and ROVI.
At a glance
Roles
The Guardian (weekly columnist) and The New York Times (writes recipes for a column)
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- Yotam Ottolenghi is an Israeli-British chef, restaurateur and food writer.
- With Sami Tamimi he opened the Ottolenghi deli in Notting Hill in 2002, known for vegetable-led food with Middle Eastern ingredients.
- He began a weekly Guardian column in 2006 and has written a run of bestselling cookbooks, from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (2008) to Ottolenghi Comfort (2024).
- He works from the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, writing recipes for his books and his columns in the Guardian and The New York Times.
Key facts
- Born
- 14 December 1968, Jerusalem1
- Education
- Combined bachelor's and master's in comparative literature, Tel Aviv University (1997); then French pastry at Le Cordon Bleu in London1
- Baker and Spice
- Head pastry chef from 1999, where he met Sami Tamimi1
- Ottolenghi
- Opened the first Ottolenghi deli in Notting Hill in 2002 with Sami Tamimi1
- Restaurants
- His site lists thirteen: Notting Hill, Islington, Marylebone, Chelsea, Spitalfields, Hampstead, Richmond, NOPI (Soho), ROVI (Fitzrovia), Bicester Village, Edinburgh, Geneva and Amsterdam. Wikipedia counts nine in London and Bicester Village; this page follows his site2
- Columns
- Weekly Guardian column from 2006, first titled The New Vegetarian; he now writes recipes for columns in the Guardian and The New York Times1
- Books
- Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (2008); Plenty (2010); Jerusalem (2012); Plenty More (2014); NOPI (2015); Sweet (2017); Ottolenghi Simple (2018); Flavour (2020); OTK: Shelf Love (2021); OTK: Extra Good Things (2022); Ottolenghi Comfort (2024)1
- Newest book
- Simple Too, on his site with a book tour (read 31 Oct 2026)2
- Television
- Jerusalem on a Plate (BBC Four, 2011); Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Feast (More4, 2012); Mediterranean Island Feast (More4, 2013); guest judge on MasterChef Australia in 2017, 2019 and 20211
- Awards
- James Beard Award, International Cookbook, for Jerusalem (2013); James Beard Award for NOPI (2016)1
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