Naz It Up

A daughter of the Brahmaputra valley, Shenaz's earliest memories are of playing in her mother and grandmother's kitchen garden and farm in Assam, India. She grew up watching the two women cook with love and intention, learning her family's recipes and experimenting with a wide palette of colours and flavours that fresh produce offers.

Shenaz added to her culinary repertoire as she lived in five countries across four continents, owing to her work in the United Nations. She now lives in Toronto with her husband Ahmer and daughter Inaya. Reimagining passed down recipes from her mother and women of different cultures, and bringing them to life using local produce of Canada, is what brings her most joy.