Summer Supperclubs & Taste of London Moment 🌞🍽️
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I hope you’re easing into summer gently — with a bit of sun on your skin, perhaps a tan forming, something delicious and comforting on your plate, and time for slow evenings. Maybe you even got a fancy fan like us to deal with the stifling London summer nights. We finally put our duvet away and I am hoping we did not jinx it!
It’s been a full and fast-moving few weeks here. I wanted to share a couple of big updates — both exciting and a little daunting — and of course, let you know when I’m cooking next.
🍽️ Summer Supper Clubs — Dates Are Live
I’m so happy to open bookings for the next run of Bengali supper clubs in London. These nights mean everything to me — they’re where I get to cook from memory, from feeling, from home.
Here are the upcoming dates:
🗓️ July – 10, 11, 16, 17
🗓️ August – 1, 2, 23
(AUGUST MENU WILL BE DIFFERENT TO THE ABOVE JULY MENU)
Each evening is built around innovative Bengali dishes, seasonal produce, and the kind of joy that happens when strangers become a tableful of new friends. The menus shift slightly each time, depending on what’s fresh and what’s calling to me and depending heavily on vibes.
✨ These summers ones usually sell out quickly, so if you’d like to join:
🌟 Taste of London – Cooking for the VIPs
This Wednesday 19th June, I’ll be cooking in the VIP section at Taste of London.
It’s a massive moment for me — not just professionally, but emotionally. To be invited to bring Bengali food to a stage like this… it's the kind of thing you dream about when you’re quietly layering mustard oil and spices in your own kitchen, hoping someone will taste the care you’ve put in. I am showcasing the zero waste nature of my home food. The menu is simple but very ‘me’.
But honestly? Alongside the excitement, there’s been this low hum of “Am I doing enough?”
Maybe you know that feeling. In fact, if you are a creative in any big city, you definitely know the feeling. When the to-do list never ends and the stories on social media keep piling up and it seems like every human is achieving everything under the sun. When even your big wins feel fleeting even though your brain sort of knows that this is deceptive. When you’re proud and exhausted at the same time. I’m living inside that tension this week. I have a week of working in my regular cafe - Italo - then Taste of London (which is madly huge!) and then a supperclub and then a brand event! And hayever is ruining my life - I never ever had this when I was younger and has been a new development post my 30s, annoyingly.
If you are too — I see you. And I’m reminding myself (again and again) that presence is enough. Heart is enough. Showing up, again and again, is enough. I love cooking, I’m so good at thinking of flavours and creating what I create and I make so many people full and happy.
Thank you for reading, supporting, booking, cheering, messaging, or just quietly being here. I notice it — and it means more than I can type out!
Hope to see you at a supper soon. Summer suppers are possibly my favourite. No candles needed on my table and phuchkas being served around my counter.
With love,
Sohini
@smokeandlime