
If you’ve ever picked up one of Nisha Katona’s cookbooks, or seen her on Great British Menu, you’ll know she’s super glam and super sharp. What you don’t imagine is the businesswoman, Mowgli Street Food empire founder and former child protection barrister assessing alpaca poo.
“I judge animals on the size of their poo, and alpaca poo is very manageable,” says the 53-year-old with a laugh, and she means it. When deciding whether to buy her three alpacas, she remembers: “I just stood and watched them go to the toilet for about an hour and thought, ‘How tough is that to clean?’”