Zeenat Abbasi (Suhail)

Founder, Sofranama; Culinary Heritage Custodian

Zeenat Abbasi (Suhail), founder of Sofranama, is a custodian of Awadhi culinary heritage, preserving heirloom recipes passed down through generations of her maternal (Ahmad) and paternal (Abbasid) lineages. She inherited these culinary traditions from her mother, mother-in-law, and the khansamas who once cooked for the Nawabs.