Saran Suvir

Indian chef, cookbook author, and educator, as well as a farmer who specializes in bringing Indian cooking to the American kitchen. He currently lives on American Masala Farm with his partner Charlie, in Hebron, New York. He studied visual arts at Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay/Mumbai before leaving India in 1993 to study in New York City at the School of Visual Arts. During this time he enjoyed cooking and entertaining friends when he was not working or going to school. He quickly took what was a hobby and turned it into a catering business Rasoi, The Indian Kitchen. In 1997 he joined the staff at Department of Food and Nutrition at New York Universitys Professional Development and Continuing Education Program. Later becoming an executive chef at Dévi on East 18th Street in New York City (the first Indian restaurant in the USA to have earned a Michelin Star), he appeared on Bravos Top Chef: Masters (season 3) and wrote several best selling cookbooks. On 10 November 2015, Suvir Saran hosted an evening of bold Indian cuisine as part of the University of Notre Dames prestigious celebrity chef series. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less