Radhika
Eliminated, Week 9
Age: 28
Hometown: Cincinnati. She currently resides in Chicago.
Profession: Executive chef, Between Boutique Café &
Lounge
Culinary education: AOS Culinary Arts, the Cooking &
Hospitality Institute of Chicago
Favorite simple summer recipe: Roasted
red and yellow beet
salad with mixed greens, herb-crusted beef tenderloin and crispy goat cheese
balls
Final elimination challenge dish: Curried carrot soup with
raita and smoked paprika oil and seared scallop with chickpea cake, masala
tomato sauce and arugula salad
Radhika currently works as the executive chef at Between Boutique Café &
Lounge in Chicago. A first-generation Indian-American, Radhika was born in Ohio
and raised in an eclectic Indian-tradition home. Trained in classic French and
Indian cuisine, she has worked alongside notable chef Vikas Khanna and has
staged at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. She has traveled the world over, learning
new techniques and flavor profiles, and she brings spice and bold flavors to the
table along with grace and restraint. Her favorite dish to prepare is spicy
chicken and potato curry with cumin scented rice with clarified butter and mint.
She describes her cooking style as globally eclectic with a huge spoonful of
love.
(Bravo)
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