#blahvsfood: Rishim Sachdeva is the greatest Indian chef you’ve never heard of.
Rishim Sachdeva is the great Indian chef no one talks about. He’s never spoken about in the ranks of Prateek Sadhu and Hussain Shahzad and Manish Mehrotra and Gresham Fernandes. He’s not even spoken about with the next generation of stars like Auroni Mukherjee and Johnson Ebenezer and Pallavi Menon. For most Indian diners, he doesn’t exist. But for seven years now, I’ve been saying he’s one of the best Indian-origin chefs. And after eating at Tendril, his temple for (mostly) vegan cooking in London, I am convinced that he is cooking at a level very few Indian chefs are.. anywhere in the world. He has already been awarded a Michelin Green Star and been named by The Guardian as one of London’s Best Restaurants. From The Guardian Most Indian chefs who make a mark in the big global markets (London, New York, San Francisco) do so by opening Indian restaurants. For me, the fascinating thing is Rishim’s audacity to open a restaurant that has next to no connection...
