Silvena Rowe

Silvena Rowe (née Lauta, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian chef, food writer, television personality and restaurateur.

Biography Rowe was born in Plovdiv to a Bulgarian mother and a Turkish father. Rowe's father, who was a newspaper editor of the largest [citation or source needed?] Bulgarian newspaper, Bulgarianised his name due to Bulgaria's communist government. At the age of 19, she moved to London. Silvena cooked in the kitchen of the Notting Hill bookshop Books for Cooks, which led her to cook for Princess Michael of Kent, Ruby Wax and Tina Turner. Her restaurant is influenced by her Turkish heritage- homage to her grandfather Mehmed, who used to cook the dishes for her father. Currently Silvena shares her time between Dubai, Sofia, New York and London.

Silvena Rowe is also a Charlton Athletic Supporter.

Awards 2007: Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award-London 2011: Gourmand Award - Paris 2017: Commitment to Healthy Eating, Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards- Dubai

Television appearances Food Network"Chopped" guest judge S18 Episode 225 05/13/2014 BBC One's Saturday Kitchen, a regular guest BBC Two's Country Show Cook Off S01 E16-20 (2013) ITV This Morning Let's Dance for Comic Relief Screen expert/judge on BBC Young Chef of the Year (2009) Come Dine with Me Great Food Live Soapstar Superchef Time Machine Chefs A bit of salt - bTV (2013) Masterchef Bulgaria on bTV - Judge in Season 5 (2019), Season 6 (2020) and Season 7 (2021)

Books Supergrub: Dinner-party Bliss on a Budget, HarperCollins, (, 2004) Feasts: Food for Sharing from Central and Eastern Europe, Mitchell Beazley, (, 2006) The Eastern and Central European Kitchen: Contemporary & Classic Recipes, Interlink, (, 2008) Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume: Cuisine of the Eastern Mediterranean, Hutchinson, (, 2010) Orient Express, Hutchinson, (, 2011) My Kitchen (Моята кухня), A&T Publishing, (, 2021)