The gourmet chef who used to beg for food

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Food has always been crucial in Sash Simpson’s life. Growing up alone on the streets of Chennai in India, it was the lack of food that he remembers. But after a chance encounter at a bus station his life was set on a different path which brought him a new family of over 30 adoptive siblings and the opportunity to prove himself in some of the finest kitchens in Toronto. He now has his own restaurant called Sash. Can you drown in space? Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano came close during a routine space walk from the International Space Station. Everything was going well until he felt his spacesuit rapidly filling with water and he had to act fast to make it back to the airlock in time. This interview was first broadcast in December 2015. Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com Picture: Sash Simpson with his adoptive mother in India Credit: Courtesy of Sash Simpson