Owner, Chef Nancy Lam

Nancy was born in Singapore in 1948, the next to youngest as one of 10 children, to an Indonesian Mother and a Chinese Father. Her cooking skills were first nurtured as the result of her Grandmother’s teaching. Her Father owned a prawn cracker manufacturing business. At the age of 22 Nancy decided to go to London. She tried various careers before eventually settling on Nursing. It was during this time that she met Ben and in 1976 they were married. Nancy lives with her husband in South London and has 3 grown up daughters. Career : In 1984 a friend asked Nancy to provide canapés for 200 guests a hotel on Cromwell Road. The fee was £400. From this beginning Nancy set up a home catering business, combining this with charity work in the form of barbecues for primary schools in the Wimbledon area. Nancy Lam opened her small restaurant Enak Enak 18 years ago to introduce Londoners to her unique brand of family-style, Indonesian-inspired cooking - laced with a whole lot of Nancy's trademark personal spice! That restaurant has since blossomed into a larger sophisticated space that is more than twice its original size, thanks to a major refurbishment that started in May 2004 and completed in September. When it officially re-opened on October 14, 2004, it was packed with celebrity guests, friends, old and new customers Nancy Lam has appeared on numerous TV shows nationwide. She has had a regular slot on Channel 5 where she displayed her Oriental cooking skills, inspiring millions of viewers across the country to follow her. Books Nancy Lam, Fourth Estate, 1997