Sohini Banerjee
Chef and Mentor, Smoke and Lime
London, England | Pronouns: She/Her
I cook from a place of memory. Every dish is a thread back to Kolkata, to my grandmother's kitchen, to a cuisine that deserves to be seen on its own terms.
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Sohini Banerjee is the founder of Smoke and Lime, London's leading Bengali food platform and supper club, which she has run since 2018. Her work sits at the intersection of food, culture and community, championing Bengali cuisine as a distinct and vital part of the broader South Asian food conversation in Britain. Smoke and Lime was built on the zero-waste philosophy that sits at the heart of Bengali cooking, drawing on the matriarchal recipes of Kolkata and the stories of ingredients shaped by colonial history, migration and adaptation. Every supper club menu is a celebration of that heritage, brought to a shared table where guests eat family style, connect across cultures and leave with a deeper understanding of Bengali food and identity. Sohini is available for brand partnerships, private dining, recipe development, content creation, workshops and speaking engagements. With 64K+ followers across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, she creates culturally grounded content that resonates with South Asian diaspora audiences and food lovers alike. Her brand collaborations are rooted in authenticity, her supper clubs are intimate and immersive, and her workshops bring Bengali culinary traditions to new audiences in an accessible and joyful way. Her work has been featured in British Vogue, The Telegraph, Broadsheet London, Forbes, Times of India, Asian Voice and Brown Girl Magazine.
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Public Speakers, Community Organisers, Creative Artists, Activists & Advocates, Funders & Fundraisers, Network Weavers
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smokeandlime@gmail.com