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Alpana Habib

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

NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materDhaka University
Occupation(s)Cook Expert
Cookbook Writer
SpouseSyed Ahsan Habib
Children2
Websitewww.alpanahabib.com

Alpana Habib is a Bangladeshi cook expert and cookbook writer.

Biography

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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 cook expert, she has worked in Thai Airlines 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

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  1. ^ "Alpana Habib Popularising Bangladeshi cuisine". The Daily Star. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Kantho, Kaler (20 July 2019). রান্নার অস্কার আনলেন আলপনা. Kaler Kantho. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.