Ayesha Kalaji
Name: Ayesha Kalaji
Company: Queen Of Cups
Title: Chef Patron
Biography
Ayesha Kalaji is Executive Chef and Owner of Queen of Cups in Glastonbury, a contemporary Arabic restaurant housed in a historic 17th-century coaching inn. With deep roots in North Wales and Jordan, Ayesha merges her heritage with locally sourced ingredients to craft a distinctive approach to Arabic cuisine.
Ayesha has garnered widespread recognition, including maintaining a Michelin Bib Gourmand for three consecutive years, the first and only in the area, and has appeared on both Great British Menu and MasterChef: The Professionals. Amongst many other accolades she won Best Chef at this year’s Trencherman Awards, she’s a part of Code’s Top 100 Most Influential Women of the Year and was recently voted Chef of the Year at this year’s Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs.