Silvia Nacamulli is a freelance cook, teacher and writer of Italian cooking based in London.

Silvia is from Rome, where she grew up and lived until the age of 20. She spent one year in the United States and then moved to Israel where she studied and obtained her BA in Political Science from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

She moved to London in 1998 and obtained an MSc at the London School of Economics in Politics of the World Economy. She then worked for 2 years in International Business Development for an Internet company.

In 2002 Silvia established her own business, La Cucina di Silvia - Cooking for the Soul… where she teaches and caters Italian cooking. Her specialty is food from the Roman region and, in particular, food in the Italian Jewish tradition.

Rome, to the surprise of many, has the oldest Jewish community in the Western world and its influence in shaping what is today traditional Italian food has been of great importance and long forgotten. Silvia was raised in this unique tradition and was taught to cook by three generations of fine Italian Jewish cooks.

In her lessons, Silvia traces these traditions back through the centuries and she explains the roots of some of the most loved Italian recipes and ingredients, like aubergines, artichokes, tomatoes and pumpkin. Her passion for Italian food, however, goes beyond her own traditions and her cooking knowledge and skills extend to the traditional and contemporary food of other parts of Italy.

She has developed a flourishing practice as a cook and teacher, with a rapidly growing reputation in both . In addition to teaching and catering, Silvia writes about and lectures on the history of Italian Jews and Italian Jewish Cooking. Her writing includes a review on "La Cucina Giudaico Romanesca" (Roman Jewish Cooking) for the Purple Guide of Rome. Her lecturing includes regular fixtures at the New York University in Florence, where she teaches a class on ‘A Culinary History of Italian Jewry’.

Silvia teaches regular classes on "Italian Cooking in the Jewish Tradition" at the Cookery School of Divertimenti in London. Silvia also gives private and corporate cooking lessons and demonstrations on a regular basis.

There has been a feature on her in ELLE magazine, in the December 2003 "A Tavola" edition, an article in the Jewish Chronicle in November 2004 and an article in the European Jewish Press in May 2006.