Dinner with Ajay Kumar and Romy Gill MBE

Thursday, July 30 2026, 7pm - 10.30pm, at Swadish by Ajay Kumar, 33 Ingram Street, Glasgow G1 1HA

Part of PLACE AT THE TABLE: food, drink and Scotland’s identity.

A festival from the Oxford Cultural Collective, Glasgow Life and The University of Glasgow.

£70 per ticket (plus booking fee) – includes drink on arrival and dinner.

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Join us for a special dinner in Swadish, to explore and celebrate Scotland’s rich and complex relationship with India. Romy Gill and Ajay Kumar are known for shaping our understanding of India’s diverse regional cuisines, and in doing so, stimulating our collective fascination with Indian culture.

Before dinner, Romy and Ajay will discuss the evolution of Indian cuisine in Scotland, shaped by shared history, migration, travel and generations of cultural exchange.

Romy Gill MBE is one of the UK’s best loved chefs, broadcasters and cookbook authors. Born in West Bengal, she moved to the UK in 1993 and has gone on to help shape our understanding India’s rich and diverse food culture.

Ajay Kumar is the multi-award-winning chef proprietor of Swadish. After gaining experience in leading restaurants across India, Singapore and Malaysia, Ajay settled in Scotland in 2009. He is on a mission to transform public understanding of Indian cuisine and culture.