Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed

Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed (born 23 October 1987) is a British cook and winner of the BBC's MasterChef competition in 2017.
Her final menu was to prepare a three-course meal for judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace which consisted of:
Early life.
Mahmood-Ahmed was born and raised in Ickenham, Middlesex
Career.
She was educated at Beaconsfield High School for girls (Grammar School for girls) and studied Medicine at Kings College graduating in 2012. She began her career in medicine as a junior doctor working for the NHS at St Mary's Hospital specializing in gastroenterology. She has subsequently worked at Hillingdon Hospital and Watford General Hospital.
She began cooking at the age of 12 and was heavily influenced by the Kashmiri style of cooking of her maternal grandmother and mother.
Personal life.
Mahmood-Ahmed is married to Usman Ahmed since August 2013. Her husband is also a doctor specializing in Acute Medicine and they have one son Aashir (born October 2014) and a second son born in March 2020.