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Jannatdoust is from the city of Tabriz in northeastern Iran; a woman chef that four of her cookbooks, from amongst a total of seven books authored by her, so far have won international titles.
The talented Iranian chef won the top prize of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2016, held in China’s Yanta District and in 2018 she was granted the medal for the top world cookbook in the same event.
In 2014, Jannatdoust won the Best Authors and Chefs award and the Best Publishers Award for her book ‘Table Layout, Cookies, Cooking’.
'I have always had a craving for Iranian food and recipes and after years, the Persian menus and dishes still have a special place in my mind,' she said.
Jannatdoust said that people in Iran, India and China have learned through years what to eat to live a healthy life.
'Iran is a big country and a country with four seasons,' the Iranian chef said.
'The Iranian cuisine and cooking traditions in the country prescribe us what to eat and what not to eat,' Jannatdoust added.
'The food cosumed by people in northern parts of Iran is not the same as the food eaten by the people in south of the country or Tabriz in northeastern Iran,' she said.
She said that people on the Caspian Sea shores in northern Iran eat quite a lot of garlic and fish to have a more healthy bodies and to protect themselves against diseases like Rheumatism prevalent in cold, damp weathers.
'I am from Tabriz in East Azarbaijan Province where you have a cold, dry weather and I eat as much sweets as I can to keep my mind in peace,' he said.
The Iranian woman chef went on to criticize introduction of foreign foods to the Iranian menus 'Which is done often without any study.'
When 'we forget about our own food tradition and we have to deal with the cultural invasion' in this regard, it is quite clear what the outcome would be, Jannatdoust said.
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