Simi Rezai-Ghassemi is a cookery teacher, writer, food researcher, organic gardener, and Iran food tour guide. She was born in the Azerbaijan region of Iran. Simi is a self-taught cook, coming to gardening and cooking later in life. When her friend's children were diagnosed with coeliac disease and couldn't eat dairy either, Simi shared a few Iranian recipes, the start of Simi's Kitchen in Bath. Somerset. She is a specialist in the food of the Silk Route and allergen-free cooking. She is a regular at the Oxford Symposium on Food. Simi travels regularly to Iran to visit family, research recipes and ingredients which she hares in her classes and writing. Simi's Kitchen has been featured in The Guardian, The Foodie Bugle, Kinfolk and Bath Life magazines.