Priya Mani

I am a designer and cultural researcher working to create gastronomical experiences. I grew up in India and studied at the National Institute of Design. In my carrier, over the past 20 years, I have pursued the craft of culture, through food, technology and textiles. I am particularly interested in the human factor and has worked for over a decade in the area of design and innovation across industries. Recent samples of my writing in Whetstone, Water the Elixir of Taste for The Common Table, The Taste of the Talk for Imminent & Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery, (2020, 2021, 2022) I am a contributing writer to the Companion to Indian Food and I am currently working on a Visual Encyclopaedia of Indian Foods. I live and work in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Special subjects

Taste Design Cultural understanding of Food consumption in India Visual Representation

Languages spoken

English Danish Hindi Tamil

Regular work

Food Feature Writing Taste Design & Consulting Photography Investigative Journalism

Advisory boards / Awards

Trustee, Oxford Symposium of Food & Cooking. Best Online Food Writing Award, Guild of Food Writers, 2022 Sophie Coe Prize for Food History 2021,Honourable Mention

Commercial interests

Feature Writer Food & Travel Writer Author Cookery demonstration Chef Consultant

Priya Mani

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