Alpana Habib

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Alpana Habib
আলপনা হাবিব
Born
(1966-09-26) 26 September 1966 (age 58)

Birmingham, United Kingdom
Nationality Bangladeshi
Alma mater Dhaka University
Occupation(s)Chef Expert
Cookbook Writer
SpouseSyed Ahsan Habib
Children2
Website www.alpanahabib.com

Alpana Habib is a Bangladeshi chef and cookbook writer.

Biography

Alpana Habib was born on 26 September 1966 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. [1] [2] She was brought up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She studied in Holy Cross Girls' High School and Holy Cross College. She was a student in Dhaka University's Psychology Department. [2]

Though she is a chef, she has worked in Thai Airways International and Singapore Airlines. [2] She started cooking when she was in Class Six. She has run a cook school. Her cooking programs were broadcast by Desh TV, NTV, ATN Bangla and Deepto TV too. [3] She opened her YouTube channel in 2012. Her cooking videos are viewed more than 200 million times. [2] She also worked as a judge of "Teer Little Chef" in Duronto TV. [4]

She was awarded ‘Inspiring Women in Culinary Arts’ by Women in Leadership and Brand Forum. [2] On 13 May 2018 her bilingual book Alpana's Cooking (Bangla:আলপনার রান্না) was unveiled. [5] [6] [7] The book was edited and translated by Ashfaque Swapon. [6] [8] For this book she was awarded Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2019. [2] [3] [9] [10]

She married Syed Ahsan Habib who is an electrical engineer. [2] They have two children. Their names are Aritri and Adrit.

References

  1. ↑ "Alpana Habib Popularising Bangladeshi cuisine". The Daily Star. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kantho, Kaler (20 July 2019). রান্নার অস্কার আনলেন আলপনা. Kaler Kantho. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Alpana Habib awarded the GOURMAND World Cookbook Award". The Daily Star. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  4. ↑ শিশু-কিশোরদের জন্য ‘তীর লিটল শেফ’র যাত্রা শুরু. Prothom Alo. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. ↑ রন্ধনশিল্পী আলপনা হাবিবের রান্নার বইয়ের মোড়ক উন্মোচন. Ittefaq. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. 1 2 আলপনার রান্নার বই সবার কাছে সমাদৃত হবে. Banglanews24.com. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Alpana Habib launches cookbook". The Daily Star. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Alpana Habib — "the happy homecook"". The Daily Star. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  9. ↑ গোরমন্ড ওয়ার্ল্ড কুকবুক অ্যাওয়ার্ড পেলেন আলপনা হাবিব. Ittefaq. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Gourmand Awards". www.cookbookfair.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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