Maneet Chauhan

Maneet Chauhan

Maneet Chauhan in 2012
Born (1976-10-27) October 27, 1976[1]
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India[1]
Education Culinary Institute of America
Website http://maneetchauhan.com/

Culinary career

Cooking style Global Fusion with roots in Indian cuisine

Maneet Chauhan (born October 27, 1976 in Ludhiana, Punjab)[1] is a US-based television personality. Previously the Executive Chef of several notable restaurants in Chicago and New York, she is featured as a judge on Chopped[2] on the Food Network, has appeared on The Next Iron Chef,[3] on The View on ABC,[4] Iron Chef America, the Today show on NBC,[5] and as a judge on the finale of Worst Cooks in America show on Food Network.[6] Chef Maneet Chauhan was invited by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for the Annual Easter Egg Roll Hunt 2014 to the White House.[7] She is also an invited member of Indiaspora that hosted 100 influential Indian American leaders as part of its first Forum in September 2012. The three-day Forum events aimed to energize the community and provide a voice with which it articulated collective goals.[8] Chef Chauhan, a Culinary Institute of America alumna, delivered the keynote for the associate degree commencement on the college's Hyde Park campus and also received a recognition of “Distinguished Service to the Foodservice and Hospitality Industry” as the Ambassador of the Culinary Institute of America.[9]

Career

Chauhan began her culinary career at the WelcomGroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal, India, where she graduated at the top of her class earning a bachelor's degree in Hotel Management. She then attended the Culinary Institute of America[10] in Hyde Park, New York and graduated sweeping all of the awards of her class. As an apprentice chef, she worked in India with the Oberoi Group, Taj Group, Welcome Group and Sheraton Group.

Right after graduation in 2000 she was hired as management for a startup restaurant in Cherry Hill, NJ where she headed a team and expanded the restaurant's capacity from 70 seats to 140 seats. In 2003, at the age of 27, she became the opening executive chef of Vermilion[11] in Chicago, IL, earning her 3-Stars from The Chicago Tribune. In 2007, she moved to NYC to open At Vermilion[12] where she was nominated as the ‘Best Import to New York’ by Time Out Magazine. Her style is described as "global fusion" with roots in Indian cuisine.[13]

Book(s)

She has written her first cookbook, "Flavors of My World: A Culinary Tour Through 25 Countries", published by Favorite Recipes Press, an imprint of Nashville-based Southwestern Publishing Group. She conducted a 21-city bus tour across the U.S. to promote the book and was noted as one of the Cookbooks Of The Year.[14][15] Her other book (electronic, publisher: Alta Editions), authored with Katy Sparks, Alex Raij, Rita Sodi and Kathleen Squires, called "The Journey" won the award from Intertantional Association of Culinary Professionals 2014.[16]

Restaurant

Chauhan opened her first restaurant in Nashville, TN. It is called "Chauhan Ale and Masala House" and the location is 123, 12th Ave North in The Gulch Area. The restaurant, which accommodates 150, opened in August 2014. [17][18][19][20][21]

Charity work

Maneet Chauhan has participated in fundraisers to benefit underprivileged children in India[22] and the Typhoon relief efforts in the Philippines.[23][24][25][26]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nations Restaurant News - Maneet Chauhan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Get to know Chopped judge Maneet Chauhan". Food Network. http://www.foodnetwork.com/. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "Maneet Chauhan (NIC3 Rival)". Food Network. http://www.foodnetwork.com/. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ "The View: Thursday, August 9, 2012". The View. http://theview.abc.go.com/. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ "Today Show: Thursday, July 10, 2104". Today Show. http://today.com/. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ↑ "Worst Cooks in America: Sunday, March 31, 2014". Worst Cooks in America. http://tvguide.com/. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. ↑ "Maneet Chauhan Indie Culinaire". http://www.foodnetwork.com/. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ↑ "Indiaspora - The Story". http://www.foodnetwork.com/. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. ↑ "Miraval Chef Series". http://www.miravalresorts.com/. External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. ↑ "CIA alumni profiles". Culinary Institute of America. CIA.
  11. ↑ "India's Latin Fusion". Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/). External link in |publisher= (help)
  12. ↑ "India's Spice Girls: American Culinary Superstars". Time (www.time.com). May 20, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Maneet Chauhan - Profile of a culinary powerhouse". Daily Food and Wine. http://dailyfoodandwine.com. External link in |publisher= (help)
  14. ↑ "Cookbooks of the Year".
  15. ↑ "Flavors of My World".
  16. ↑ "IACP E-Cookbook Award".
  17. ↑ "Prominent TV Chef Maneet Chauhan Opening Her First Restaurant: A Gastropub in Nashville".
  18. ↑ "Celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan announces name, location of Nashville restaurant".
  19. ↑ "CHEF MANEET CHAUHAN ANNOUNCES NAME, LOCATION OF NEW RESTAURANT TO OPEN IN NASHVILLE".
  20. ↑ "More Details Revealed For Chauhan Ale & Masala House".
  21. ↑ "Vasisht Ramasubramanian Named Chauhan Ale & Masala House' Chef de Cuisine".
  22. ↑ "Half a million children's lives changed in a decade - CRY America celebrates its 10th anniversary".
  23. ↑ "Media Center".
  24. ↑ "Chef, Author and "Chopped" Judge Maneet Chauhan to Host Fundraiser at Origin India Dec. 4".
  25. ↑ "CHEF, AUTHOR AND CHOPPED JUDGE MANEET CHAUHAN TO HOST FUNDRAISER AT ORIGIN INDIA".
  26. ↑ "A La Carte, Dec. 3-9".

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