UYEN LUU

Uyen Luu is an award winning cookbook author of Vietnamese, Vietnamese Vegetarian and Quick & Easy Vietnamese published by Penguin Random House. She works as a food photographer for various commercial brands and editorials. Her studio is in Hackney. She trained at Central St Martins College Of Art, graduating with BA Hons in Fine Art Film & Video in 1999 (dealing with real film) when the site was in Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Southampton Row.

At the weekends, Uyen runs her Vietnamese supper club and Vietnamese cooking classes, cooked by her and her family. They have been going since 2009 in London Fields. She lives in Muswell Hill with her partner and 9 year old daughter and Mini Schnauzer.

Uyen grew up in Hackney, in between Clissold and Finsbury Park. She went to school in Highbury and then Highgate. A woman of many talents, in her 20s, Uyen opened a fashion and lifestyle boutique called Leluu on Earlham Street, Seven Dials.