Omari’s older brother filmed him cooking and put it on You Tube! That’s how it all started. He created his own company - Dipalicious making dips. He ran a pop-up restaurant in Boxpark, London for a week. He has his CBBC show What’s cooking Omani? He has written 2 cook books ** Omari McQueen’s Best Bites* and*** Vegan Family Cookbook***. He found this difficult because he is dyslexic He wants people to realise that vegans do not sit down and eat grass and salad. How does he veganise a recipe? On a Friday he asks his father to pick something that is not vegan. He then takes out all of the animal products and replaces them. His new book encourages people to eat together with a vegan twist. Sources Wikipedia Superheroes by Sophia Thakur

Found this selection of 6 UK scientists/mathematicians. Clifford Victor Johnson (1968) is an English theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Southern California department of Physics and Astronomy. He is listed in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education as the most highly cited Black professor of mathematics or a related field at an American University. In 2005 he was awarded the Institute of physics Medal and prize for his work on string theory and quantum gravity. He is particularly keen to get children of colour to realise that in science they can be equally successful rather than just in sports or music. You too can be a scientist. Professor Frank Chinegwundoh is the first ‘Black British’ urological surgeon. He is very much at the forefront of getting men, especially black men, to have their prostate checked- they have have a 3 fold excess risk compared to white men. In 2011, with Ricki Gervais, he took part in a Sky TV comedy to raise awareness of prostate cancer. He is a recognised expert in the field of prostate cancer. He is the only consultant urologist able to deliver prostate brachytherapy and prostate cryotheropy For 20 years he has chaired Cancer Black Care. He also on other committees. Most recently he has been involved with a 3 year project - Changing Lives- engaging Black African and Caribbean men at risk of or affected by prostate cancer. In 2013 he was awarded a MBE for services to the NHS Professor Kathleen Adebola (b. 1965) is a renown research mathematician. She was the first female Black mathematician to obtain a PhD (1991) from the University of California, Los Angles. In 1997 she was the black person to win a Sloan Research Fellowship award (worth $0.5 million. In the same year she was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her development of mathematics curricula for inner-city school children. She is currently professor of mathematics at John Hopkins University in the US Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock (b, 1968) is a space scientist and educator. Her research investigated the development of an ultra thin film measurement. She is a pioneering figure in communicating science to school children. She co-hosts The Sky at Night (2014-present) with Chris Lintott. She has written many books and won many awards ( see lists). Dr. Mark Richards is an atmospheric physicist and lecturer at Imperial College London. He is currently Head of Physics Outreach and wants to share his experiences with young people to help them prepare for further study and eventually find a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics). Nira Chamberlain (b. 1969) is a Mathematician based in Birmingham UK. He is a principle Consultant as SNC-Lavin and is the President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. He is the first mathematician to feature in Who’s Who since 1849. He has worked all over the world helping industrial partners.