Carol Selva Rajah is an award-winning chef and food writer currently based in Sydney, Australia. A well respected authority and dedicated educator in the field of Asian culinary culture, she is a food consultant to the hospitality and food manufacturing industry, and makes regular television appearances in Asia and Australia as well as participating in food festivals, master classes and charity functions. She is a writer and consulting editor for various magazines and has written 10 cookbooks on Malaysian and Southeast Asian cuisine. She has had international success as the first Australian woman invited to cook at the prestigious James Beard Foundation in New York. Her book The Food of India won the gold award at the prestigious Jacob's Creek World Food Media Awards.