OCC names Henry Kenyon and Arti Mirwani-Daltry as 2025 scholarship winners 

Henry Kenyon and Arti Mirwani Daltry have been named as winners of the Oxford Cultural Collective 2025 scholarships – both receiving substantial grants and mentoring to support their respective projects. 

The winners were revealed on 1st November at a ceremony at the legendary L’Escargot restaurant in the heart of Soho, attended by a range of high-profile figures from across the media and hospitality industry – were addressed by Andi Oliver and Jimi Famurewa.

Reflecting on the quality of this year’s winners, and on the contribution of past scholarship recipients, TV chef and OCC Patron Andi Oliver, said: “I am filled with a tremendous feeling of hope for the future.”

Kenyon, who wins the Lou Willcock Scholarship, will use his £5,000 grant to complete a long-form photo-essay exploring the activities of a regenerative learning farm at the Black Mountains College in Wales, where he is currently a student.

For three days per week over ten months he will record the ways the people of the farm are improving the biodiversity of soil, growing food and passing on knowledge. This will lead to workshops and a physical and online exhibition focused on regenerative farming techniques.

 

Winning the Yan-Kit So award for New Food Writers on Asia, Mirwani-Daltry will use her £3,000 grant to undertake a research trip to Indonesia and Singapore. She plans to write a book titled ‘Sindhu Nani’s’ and their Legacy Arti which will explore how those who became refugees in Indonesia and Singapore, following the horrors of Indian partition, kept hold of their cultural heritage through recipes passed down from a remarkable generation of grandmothers.

OCC’s founder Donald Sloan said: “Aligned with OCC’s values. both our winners have a strong sense of social purpose related to extending cultural understanding and promoting ethical business practice. They are determined to make a tangible and lasting contribution to society.”

Kenyon, said: “It feels amazing to have won the scholarship this year. I still can’t believe it. I’m so keen and dedicated to do right by the principles of the Oxford Cultural Collective and by the principles of my own project.”