Olia Hercules
Olia Hercules trained as a chef at Leith's School of Food and Wine. She kicked off her culinary career working at Fulham's Union Market with Aaron Craze before landing her dream job as chef-de-partie at Ottolenghi's.
Olia was awarded the Observer's Rising Star in Food Award 2015. Her debut book Mamushka was a bestseller and won the Best Debut Food Book award at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards, and was shortlisted for an André Simon Award and a Guild of Food Writers Award. Following 2020's Summer Kitchens, Olia’s fourth book, Home Food: Recipes to Comfort and Connect published with Bloomsbury in July 2022. Olia, along with her #CookforUkraine's co-founder, Alissa Timoshkina, won the 2022 Observer Food Monthly's Editor's Award and the 2023 Guild of Food Writer's Special Award.
