Mark Schatzker is a food journalist specializing in flavour and nutrition. He is the author of two books, Steak and The Dorito Effect, and his writing has appeared in publications that include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Men’s Journal and Best American Travel Writing. Mark is also a field reporter for The Dr. Oz Show and is a radio columnist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. On “The Dr. Oz Show,” Mark contributes to the Food Truth series, reporting on trends, issues and scandals in the food business, and making the science of nutrition relevant and understandable to an audience of more than a million viewers.

He lives in Toronto with his wife and three children.

Nicky Haslam is Britain’s most celebrated designer, sought after by clients like Mick Jagger, Bryan Ferry, Charles Saatchi, and Ringo Starr, he has permanently changed how we think about interior design. He is a regular contributor to Vanity Fair magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, the Sunday Telegraph, the Spectator, and FlavourTV.

The intrepid Martini Club icons of Toronto (Laura Panter + Michelle Hunt) are the roving ‘mix master’ diarists of FlavourTV. Famous for their industry top Trends report in the food/beverage and mixology sector, their expertise is sought after all over the globe – and especially, but certainly not limited to, concocting the perfect martini.

Captain Anny Divya is a beacon for women across the planet. She’s the world’s youngest woman commander to fly the longest twin jet engine aircraft—the Boeing 777 (Air India). Coming from the small town of Vijaywada, at the age of 10 she began dreaming she would one day fly, like a bird, and make the skies her home. Her parents were concerned about the challenges she would face in India where she flew for the first time at 17. But Anny persevered… Soon after she was training in Spain, and later London. At 30, she has achieved her dream, defying many cultural hurdles along the way including gender stereotyping. FlavourTV celebrates Anny! Or should we say, Hats off to “Div”, as her friends call her—she’s also known to cut mean moves on the dance floor. She loves to sing, and is a global connoisseur of flavour!

Anjali is a respected chef, food writer and cookery teacher and has been shortlisted for a number of awards for her work with Indian food and flavours. With qualifications from the prestigious Leiths School of Food & Wine, Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) and a diploma in Nutrition, Anjali continues to go from strength to strength, regularly appearing on television across the world and has even worked as a cookery teacher for the well loved Jamie Oliver. She opened Flavour Diaries, India’s first hands on interactive food space based in Mumbai. Anjali shares her passion for teaching with cookery classes in International cuisine, including Indian, as well as hosting chefs table dinners. As her parents took Indian food to the world through Patak’s, now Anjali is doing the reverse and sharing her International food experiences with India.

Toyin Adeyemi is a Writer and graduate of the School of the Arts at Columbia University, New York. While studying for her M.F.A, she was awarded a De Alba Merit Fellowship, selected as an Emerging Writer for the World Writer’s Festival in Paris, and later nominated for the Henfield Prize for best fiction writer. In 2013, she co-produced an immersive storyworld (My Sky Is Falling), which premiered at the United Nations’ Envision Film Festival. Toyin loves traveling, the sensory riches that come with moving across cultures and borders of all kinds, including foods and flavours from around the world. So far, she has called Lagos, Nigeria, Seattle, New York City home. 

Nithiya comes from a long line of farmers who reaped the fruits of land for both nourishment and healing. This philosophy of sustainability and conscious consumption informs her approach to food, working with local farmers in Singapore to preserve heritage herbs and spices in the Brunch Bandits social dining clubs that she runs. From healing Asian Superfood brunches at Sofitel Singapore to our soul food brunches that serve up cuisines from the West Indies, to Ethiopia and Brazil, these curated sessions explore culture through the lens of the global citizen. Celebrating the diversity in the people who travel to Singapore and the places we now travel to, through the tastiest of mediums. Nithiya is interested in the stories these dishes carry, of memory, of journey and of community. She studied Anthropology and History at Goldsmiths College, University of London and continued her graduate studies at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London. Her palate is influenced by travels and stays in London to Brazil with a strong grounding of Singaporean heritage.

Loshini Moodley is a London-based psychiatrist who specializes in ADHD. She travels extensively to some of the world’s most obscure food and music festivals and often returns to her place of origin in South Africa where she finds some of the most intense flavour experiences.