Mira Manek

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Mira Manek is the founder of Chai by Mira, the chai spice brand she launched alongside her Soho café in 2018, and an author of three books on food and wellness. Her chai blends are sold direct-to-consumer and stocked by hotels including the Rosewood London for breakfast service.

She is also a wellness practitioner and speaker, focused on Ayurveda, breathwork, EFT tapping and integrated health. She lectures on the business module of the Natural Chef course at the College of Naturopathic Medicine and runs Ayurveda and digestion workshops alongside her writing and product work.

Her books are Saffron Soul, a cookbook of Gujarati-rooted vegetarian recipes, Prajna: Ayurvedic Rituals for Happiness, and The Book of Chai: History, Stories and Recipes. Earlier in her career she worked as a travel journalist and edited the Middle East's first yoga magazine while based abroad. She holds a degree from the University of Warwick.