Chef Aarthi Sampath’s foray into the culinary world began with an exploration of flavors found in the diverse kitchens of Taj hotels and interning in different restaurants in Mumbai , New Delhi , Chennai and Hyderabad for 5 years. Her curiosity for learning and exploring global cuisine brought her across the globe to the USA.

She specialized in Baking and Pastry and Food Service management at the prestigious Johnson & Wales Culinary school in Rhode Island and started on her internship at the Michelin star Junoon in New York City, later to return as Chef De Cuisine. Chef Sampath’s control over her vision and passion for Indian cooking has brought her into a number of unique spaces. In addition to leading the kitchen for one of Junoon’s expansion projects, Aarthi was honored to work with Chef Vikas Khanna on The “Billionaire’s Club Dinner” hosted by Prime Minister Modi at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC. She has also worked with chefs at the James Beard Foundation, events at Huffington Post and a number of exclusive cooking festivals.

Chef Sampath went on to win Food Network’s Chopped and competed again on Chopped Masters . She Beat Iron Chef Bobby Flay with the winning dish, biryani .  Sampath is also scheduled to make prominent television appearances globally in the upcoming year. Currently she is a chef at the prestigious Rainbow Room in the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City and is running pop up dinners and consulting projects across the country.