Rice, Spice and All Things Nice - Reza Mahammad

If cooking is the new rock and roll then Reza Mahammad must be the culinary Freddie Mercury - slightly camp and dramatic, refined and charming and in possession of a somewhat regal air. Actually it's my esteemed OH who has this bizarre idea that Reza is like Freddie Mercury. Reza is not, of course, from Zanzibar; nor is he or has he ever been the lead singer of a band that also included the becurly-haired Brian May (are he and Anita Dobson the same person?). Or possibly any rock band, I can't say for certain. He did, however, go to the same boarding school as Freddie Mercury although not, he is keen to point out, at the same time. So who is Reza Mahammad? ...  Read the complete review