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Ex-Gurkha chef serves up tasty Nepalese cookbook


A talented chef who once cooked for the Dalai Lama and can include actress Joanna Lumley among his supporters has served up his debut cookery book.
The-Ultimate-Nepalese-Cood-Book-cover-only.jpg.jpgFormer Gurkha soldier Pemba Lama, who has also cooked for the Queen,  has written The Ultimate Nepalese Cook Book.
Pemba, who served in the British Army for 23 years as a senior Gurkha catering officer, says: “Cooking for the Dalai Lama was not only the proudest moment of my career but my life and getting my cook book published is a dream come true”.
More recently he and his daughter Kessang cooked alongside Madhur Jaffrey in their home in Basingstoke, for a television programme that is due to be aired this winter featuring Nepalese cuisine.
The Ultimate Nepalese Cook Book retails for £14.99 and is available from Grierson Publications for £16.99 (inc P&P) at www.theultimatenepalesecookbook.com or www.griersonpublications.com. For every book sold, a donation is made by the publishers to the Gurkha Welfare Trust, whilst the publishers work closely with the Gurkha Museum based in Winchester.(basingstokeobserver.co.uk)

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