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Number 61 on the 2023 list
Shelina Permalloo is a chef & cookery author from Mauritania, named to the AFN 100 in 2023 for becoming the first woman of colour to win BBC MasterChef, in 2012.
Shelina Permalloo is a TV chef, restaurateur and cookery author who specialises in Mauritian food. She was the first woman of colour to win BBC's MasterChef in 2012.