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Asma Khan (born July 1969) is an Indian-born British restaurateur and cookbook author. She owns Darjeeling Express restaurant in London's Soho and was profiled on the sixth season of the documentary series Chef's Table. In 2019 Business Insider named Khan number 1 on their list
Mar 7, 2024 · London's Darjeeling Express – the only all-female Indian kitchen in the world – is ground zero for Asma Khan, a champion of women's empowerment in a movement that is now global.
Owner of Darjeeling Express and star of Netflix’s Chef’s Table, Asma Khan is one of the UK's most prominent female chefs and an unstoppable force for social change in the food industry.
Jul 12, 2022 · Asma Khan, the first British chef on Chef's Table, ran Darjeeling Express, the only Indian restaurant with all-women staff. She closed it in 2022 to pursue a bigger vision of empowering women and sharing her food.
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Asma Khan is one of the UK and India’s brightest culinary stars. An award-winning chef, best-selling cookbook author and the owner of London’s famed Darjeeling Express restaurant. She sits on the Mayor’s Business Advisory Board and is an Honorary Fellow at Oxford University.
Apr 17, 2024 · South Asian aunties know the cuisine best. Many Indian restaurants in the West have menus where everything kind of tastes the same. But Asma’s food is surprising. It doesn’t taste like restaurant...
Dec 4, 2019 · Learn how Asma Khan, a former lawyer and PhD holder, transformed her passion for Indian home-style cooking into a successful restaurant, book and Netflix show. Discover how she broke the glass ceiling and empowered women in the F&B industry.
