Samragi Simki was born in India, spent her childhood in Nepal, spent a few years in Burma before travelling to England to pursue her studies. Since 2000 Samragi has lived exclusively in England. She lives in Derbyshire with a menagerie of pets. Her hobbies include botanical watercolours, craftwork, occasional misadventures in verse or prose, and attempting to cook a range of different cuisines. Samragi comes from a family of accomplished chefs, and took some formal cookery classes as a young student. Her father Anjan was famous for his many culinary triumphs and remains her favourite chef of all time. Samragi's cooking is always an attempt to recreate her favourite childhood memories.