Chefs: Hemant Mathur and Surbhi Sahni of Devi, New York
By kamla bhatt • Feb 26th, 2007Category: Diaspora, Featured, New York, People
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The husband and wife team of Hemant Mathur and Surbhi Sahni talk about their passion for cooking and Devi Restaurant. New York’s Devi Restaurant became the first Indian restaurant to win a Michelin Star in the US.
Hemant along with Suvir Saran are the executive chefs at the restaurant, while Surbhi is the pastry chef.
Hemant is a gifted chef whose tandoori repertoire is one of the best in New York. Originally from Jaipur, Hemant spent time working in India, Germany before migrating to the US in 1990s. He mostly worked in New York, except for a brief foray at Turmerik in Sunnyvale, California.
Surbhi studied in India and at New York University after which she worked at DavidBurke, Donatella, Tamarind, Amma and now Devi. Surbhi uses Indian ingredients like curry leaves, coriander in her desserts, and her signature dish is Mango Cheesecake.
The couple and their daughter live in New York.
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Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
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