This is a list of Indian

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s, who are known for their work in the

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and preparing various types of Indian dishes and recipes.

Indian chefs

Some of the notable Indian chefs include: *

Aarti Sequeira Aarti Lucica Sequeira (born 19 August 1978) is an Indian American cook and television personality, best known as the winner of the sixth season of Food Network's reality television show, ''The Next Food Network Star''. In 2010, after her victor ...

(1978–Present) * Amit Puri (1979–Present) *

Anjum Anand Anjum Anand (born 15 August 1971) is a British food writer and TV chef of Indian cuisine. Biography Anjum Anand grew up in London but has also lived and studied in Geneva, Paris, and Madrid. She speaks French and Spanish, holds a degree in Eu ...

(1971–Present) * Surjan Singh Jolly *

Chef Damodharan Damodharan K., professionally known as Chef Damu, is an Indian celebrity chef. He has hosted numerous cooking shows and reality cooking competitions on various Tamil language television channels, most notably a s a judge on ''Cooku with Comali'' ...

* Farrokh Khambata *

Floyd Cardoz Floyd Cardoz (October 2, 1960 – March 25, 2020) was an Indian-born American chef. He was born in Mumbai. He owned the New York City eatery Paowalla and was executive chef at Tabla, as well as victor on ''Top Chef Masters'' Season 3 in 2011. Hi ...

(1960–2020) *

Gaggan Anand Gaggan Anand (born in Kolkata, India) is an Indian chef and the owner and executive chef of the progressive Indian restaurant Gaggan in Bangkok, Thailand. Biography Anand was born in Kolkata, India to Punjabi parents. He was initially more in ...

Garima Arora Garima Arora is an Indian chef. In November 2018, she became the first Indian woman to win a Michelin star. Early life and career Arora grew up in Mumbai, and is of Punjabi Arora family. She initially pursued a career in journalism before be ...

* Harpal Sokhi *

Hemant Bhagwani Hemant Bhagwani is an Indo-Canadian chef, sommelier, restaurateur, cookbook author, and entrepreneur based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Early years Hemant Bhagwani was born in New Delhi, India. Education Bhagwani acquired his hotel and culinary ...

* Imitiaz Qureshi * Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni (1972–2012) * Karre Mastanamma *

Kumar Mahadevan Kumar Mahadevan (born 23 November 1959) is an Indian chef, restaurateur and media personality, based in Australia. He is often referred in Sydney's dining circles as the "Guru of Indian cuisine". He is recognised for introducing authentic Indi ...

(1960–Present) *

Kunal Kapur Kunal Kapur (born 18 September 1979) is an Indian chef and restaurateur known for hosting and judging ''MasterChef India''. Early life Kapur was born in New Delhi to a Punjabi family. He studied at St. Francis De Sales School and pursued ...

* M.S. Krishna Iyer * Madhur Jaffrey (1933–Present) *

Maneet Chauhan Maneet Chauhan (born 27 October 1976 in Ludhiana, Punjab) is an Indian American chef and television personality. Previously the Executive Chef of several notable restaurants in Chicago, Nashville, and New York, she is featured as a judge on ''C ...

(1976–Present) *

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(1974–Present) *

Manju Malhi Manju Malhi (born c. 1972) is a British-born chef and food writer, specialising in Anglo-Indian cuisine. She was brought up in North West London where she grew up surrounded by Indian culture, traditions and lifestyles. However, she spent several ...

* Manjunath Mural (1973–Present) *

Mehboob Alam Khan Nawab Mehboob Alam Khan is an Indian food connoisseur and culinary expert of Hyderabadi cuisine. He has restored many lost recipes of the Hyderabadi tradition. Early life Mehboob Alam Khan was born in Hyderabad in a noble family. He did his sch ...

* Narayana Reddy * Narayanan Krishnan (1981–Present) * Nelson Wang (1950–Present) *

Nilesh Limaye Nilesh Limaye ( mr, नीलेश लिमये, translit=Nilesh Limye) is an Indian celebrity chef. He has successfully worked as a tv host, author and contributor to various magazines and a restaurant consultant. He is nicknamed "Sindbad ...

(1972–Present) *

Nita Mehta Nita Mehta is an Indian chef, author, restaurateur and media personality, known for her cookbooks, cooking classes and as a judge on cooking based television shows. Career Author Mehta has authored more than 400 cookbooks of which 6 million c ...

Pankaj Bhadouria Pankaj Bhadouria is the winner of ''MasterChef India'' Season 1 (2010). She was a school teacher who quit a 16-year-old job to participate in the first season of MasterChef India. She has hosted the TV shows Chef Pankaj Ka Zayka ( StarPlus), K ...

* Rajesh Mazumder * Raji Jallepalli (1949–2002) *

Ranveer Brar Ranveer Singh Brar (born 8 February 1978) is a Lucknow-born and bred Indian celebrity chef, Masterchef India judge, author and restaurateur. He is well known as the host of popular Television food shows and as a judge in two seasons (four & six ...

(1978–Present) *

Ritu Dalmia Ritu Dalmia (born 1973) is an Indian celebrity chef and restaurateur. She is the chef and co-owner of the popular Italian restaurant Diva in Delhi, which she established in 2000, with co-founder Gita Bhalla under partnership firm "Riga Food". O ...

(1973–Present) * Ripudaman Handa *

Romy Gill Romy Gill MBE is a British/Indian chef, food writer, author and broadcaster. She was the owner and head chef at Romy's Kitchen in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire. In 2016 she was appointed an MBE in the Queen's 90th birthday honours list. As ...

(1972–Present) *

Sanjay Thumma Sanjay Thumma (born 26 April 1970) popularly known as Vah-Chef, is an Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, restaurateur and television personality. He is the founder of the cooking website, vahrehvah.com. He is especially popular among the Indie ...

(1970–Present) *

Sanjeev Kapoor {{Infobox chef , name = Sanjeev Kapoor , image = Sanjeev Kapoor in 2016.jpg , image_size = , caption = Sanjeev Kapoor in 2016 , birth_date = {{Birth date and age, df=yes, 1964, 4, 10 , birth_place = Amb ...

(1964–Present) *

Saransh Goila Saransh Goila (born February 17, 1987) is an Indian chef and a winner of the Food Food Maha Challenge. He founded a Mumbai-based restaurant 'Goila Butter Chicken' and is the author of the food travelogue 'India on my Platter'. In 2018 he was in ...

(1987–Present) *

Shazia Khan Shazia Khan is an Indian chef. She participated in MasterChef India (season 2), a cookery show that is hosted by STAR PLUS in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-larges ...

Shipra Khanna Shipra Khanna is an Indian celebrity chef, restaurateur, author and television personality. She is best known for, at the age of 29, winning the second season of the Indian television show ''MasterChef India'' (2012) which aired on Star Plus. ...

(1981–Present) *

Suvir Saran Suvir Saran, (Born 29 November 1972 in New Delhi, India) is a chef, cookbook author, educator as well as a farmer who specializes in bringing Indian cooking to the American kitchen. Currently lives on American Masala Farm with his partner Charl ...

(1972–Present) * Tarla Dalal (1936- 2013) * Varun Inamdar (1984–Present) *

Venkatesh Bhat Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from Venkateswara, a Hindu deity. Notable persons with the name include: * A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India * A. Venkatesh (director ...

Vikas Khanna Vikas Khanna (born 14 November 1971) is an Indian chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer, filmmaker and humanitarian. He is one of the judges of Star Plus series ''MasterChef India''. He is based in New York City. Early life and education Khanna ...

(1971–Present) *

Vikram Sunderam Vikram Sunderam (born 1967) is an Indian-American chef. He serves as the James Beard Award-winning chef at ''Rasika'' restaurant in Washington, DC and is co-author of a cookbook by the same name. __NOTOC__ Early life Sunderam was educated in Mumb ...

Vineet Bhatia Vineet Bhatia (born 9 December 1967) is an Indian chef, restaurateur, author, and media personality. He was the first Indian chef to be awarded a Michelin star. He opened two Rasoi restaurants, the first in Chelsea, London in 2004, and the seco ...

* Vishwesh Bhatt * Vivek Singh (1971–Present)

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