Alpana Habib

Alpana Habib is a Bangladeshi cook expert and cookbook writer.

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

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

Biography

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
  1. "Alpana Habib Popularising Bangladeshi cuisine". The Daily Star. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. Kantho, Kaler (20 July 2019). রান্নার অস্কার আনলেন আলপনা. Kaler Kantho. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. "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. 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.
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