Keyan Milanian

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Keyan is a twenty-something freelance writer spending much of his time on the newsdesk of a national tabloid. But in his spare time he loves food and football.
Made by an English mum and an Iranian dad, he grew up with great grub but only realised how lucky he is in the last few years. He thinks his obsession with food and cooking started when he took a 'Gap yah' and scoffed his way through China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. The passion developed through university, despite living mostly on a diet of packet noodles and beer. However an Irish mate sometimes brought him back crab meat and a loaf of his mum's soda bread as a treat from home.
His favourite meal was probably when he and his girlfriend spent loads of money on the tasting menu with matching wines at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - they did not regret the dent in their bank account. He has a particular fondness for Chinese and Japanese food, loves real ales, picking mushrooms with his (soon-to-be) father-in-law in the autumn, his Mum's traditional Brit food and his Dad's barbecue kababs and bread tah-dig. He would like to be a full time food writer when he grows up and own a smallholding near the coast beside a pub which sells good beer. He likes one ice cube in his post-meal single malt whisky, despite it probably being blasphemy. Sorry.