Joudie Kalla is the author of the best selling Palestine on a Plate (Jacqui Small, 2016) and has been working as a chef in London for over 17 years. Of Palestinian descent, she trained at the prestigious Leith's School of Food and Wine and has worked at restaurants such as Pengelley's, Daphne's and Papillon. She has been running her own private catering company for over eight years and ran a hugely popular deli, Baity Kitchen, for three years.