Olia Hercules, demonstrating her cooking skills, on the Chefs Stage at the OnBlackheath Music Festival 2016


Olia is a Leith’s-trained chef and she developed her cooking skills by working in the kitchens of Ottolenghi. She was chosen as 'Obersver Rising Star of 2015' in the food category. Her first cookbery book, 'Mamushka' was published in June 2015. Olia Hercules is a trained chef, recipe writer and food stylist. She honed her cooking skills in the fiery kitchens of Ottolenghi after which she worked as a freelance recipe tester and developer for a variety of food magazines, including Sainsbury’s and Jamie’s, and appeared in a Food Network cookery show Red, Hot and Yummy. She has been picked as Observer Rising Star of 2015 in food category. Her recipes are regularly featured in 10 Best column of The Guardian’s Cook supplement. She made a video for The Guardian Cook, cooking Ukrainian dishes. I am represented by Ariella Feiner at United Agents and my first cookery book with Octopus Publishing Group will be published in June 2015. I live in London with my son Sasha and I food style and write recipes for a living.


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Location: Blackheath, Lewisham, London, UK
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