Daniel Lee & Samira Effa | Performing Under Pressure

✨ Hospitality Highlights ✨
Our hosts Kris Hall and Cara Houchen are joined by:
⭐ Daniel Lee - Daniel’s heritage of English, Irish, and Cantonese combined with his passion and love for travel has enabled him to gain experience and techniques from all different cultures and cuisine to create a unique approach to his dishes - taking inspiration not just from the foods he has discovered on his travels, but the history and reasons behind why the dishes were created.
Daniel believes food is a universal language which everyone can relate to. Along with fine dining and tasting menus he wants to create an accessible food culture for all.
⭐ Samira Effa - Huddersfield-born Samira started her career at a local restaurant whilst still at school, where she developed her love of rich flavours thanks to her Iranian mother and Nigerian father. Since then, she has gained a wealth of experience all over the country in various MICHELIN star restaurants including 21212 in Edinburgh, Alimentum in Cambridge and Bohemia in Jersey. Samira has also worked as a Senior Production Chef for TRUEfoods, which helps to develop premium products for the restaurant industry.
Recognised for her culinary talents, Samira was asked to compete in the 2019, 2020 and 2024 series of Great British Menu, where she showcased great Yorkshire produce, her love of diverse cooking techniques and favourite flavours which come from her mixed parentage.
Listen in as we are discuss performing under pressure both
competitively but also within a working environment. 💭