Joshna Maharaj is a chef, speaker & activist who wants to help everyone have a better relationship with their food. She believes strongly in the power of chefs & social gastronomy to bring values of hospitality, sustainability & social justice to the table.
Joshna’s first book Take Back the Tray (May 2020), captures the lessons & experience from her work in changing institutional food systems around the globe. She is an enthusiastic instructor of both culinary and academic students, constantly finding ways to make food stories come alive.
Joshna is a two-time TEDx speaker and has just started a Master’s in Gastronomy at TU Dublin where she is enjoying the delights of being a student once again.
Take Back the Tray is a movement to reconnect food with health, wellness, education, and rehabilitation in public institutions around the globe. And it’s a story about how a chef took on the institution and tried to make change.