Selin Kiazim is the chef-director of Oklava restaurant in Shoreditch, London. She worked with Peter Gordon at his acclaimed Providores restaurant before becoming head chef at his restaurant Kopapa in Covent Garden; she opened Oklava in 2015. Selin is a vocal spokesperson for women in the hospitality industry and has appeared on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen as well as Great British Menu in 2017. She is the author of Oklava; this is her second book.