Nafia Harding, Chef and Yoga Teacher

Hiya, I’m Nafia Harding, an all-round lover of life and all it has to offer! I’m a mother of three, a yoga instructor, and a plant-based chef offering Vegan or Vegetarian Catering for your Wedding, Event or Retreat.

Nafia from UpRaw Food

Service Areas: Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Bristol

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Plant-based Chef and Yoga Teacher

Alongside teaching Yoga, I am also a plant-based chef. I feel blessed that I have been able to incorporate my two passions and make a successful living from them. My interest in food goes way further than Yoga to when I was a child. Being raised by a single working mother, my siblings and I spent much time in the kitchen preparing family meals so through this I developed a love of food.

There’s nothing more I love, other than Yoga, than to be in the kitchen experimenting, creating, playing with different flavour combinations to ultimately bring joy to those I’m catering for with food that is interesting, tasty and above all nutritious.

Yoga teacher and plant-based Chef, Nafia Harding, UpRaw Food

Excellent taste and nourishment for the mind and body

Nafia Harding from UpRaw Food, preparing food for an event

I have undertaken training at the prestigious cookery school Leith’s in London, completed advanced raw food courses and have assisted top raw food chefs and retreat organisers.

I have also run my own retreats, collaborated with others, taught raw food workshops, and organised pop-up restaurants, etc. It is this diversity in what I do that fuels my drive and keeps me forever fascinated and absorbed in the food world.

Through much organic evolution spanning over a decade, my business UpRaw was born in 2016 and largely provides clients with whole plant-based cuisine and caters for individuals who have specific dietary needs and allergies.

I believe that yoga and food are the perfect marriage and for me, it’s like extending my yoga practice to the table! Every meal that I create reflects the values I uphold through yoga, providing not only excellent taste but also nourishment for the mind and body.

I’d embrace the opportunity to work with you, so if you’re looking for Vegan or Vegetarian catering for your wedding, event or retreat in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire or Bristol area, please get in touch today.

  • “It’s always such a pleasure to work with Nafia, her energy and passion for cooking is incredible. My retreat guests are always asking for her recipes. She is always happy to work around dietary requirements and fit the dishes to my requests, food is tasty, nourishing and healthy. Thank you Nafia”

    Katie — Zeena Retreats

  • “Nafia is an absolute genius in the kitchen. She creates beautiful food that's delicious, nutritious and incredibly allergy friendly. I'm still astounded she managed to get my 'meat and two veg' husband eating and enjoying rainbow-hued vegan food without blinking an eyelid. She also catered for his severe nut allergy without making it an issue at all. I just wish Nafia did food to go!”

    Hannah — Gloucester

  • “After having spent 4 days on a Retreat with Nafia, I really started to feel the benefits of her Up-Raw Food. Not only was her food Gluten and Sugar free, but contained flavours and textures I've never encountered before. She is clearly a chef not just an enthusiast, her cooking tastes and looks amazing and using various machinery and wizardry will soon have you completely perplexed as to how she does it. Simply delicious top restaurant food”

    Ed — Cirencester

  • “Nafia’s been supplying us with incredible cakes for the last 10 years and they’re always a highlight of every weekend on our courses”

    Ian — OrangeYoga Education

Fresh, delicious, pretty, locally sourced plant based food

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