The Most Famous

CHEFS from India

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This page contains a list of the greatest Indian Chefs. The pantheon dataset contains 15 Chefs, 1 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 6th most number of Chefs behind Spain, and Denmark.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indian Chefs of all time. This list of famous Indian Chefs is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Floyd Cardoz (1960 - 2020)

With an HPI of 27.90, Floyd Cardoz is the most famous Indian Chef.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Floyd Cardoz (October 2, 1960 – March 25, 2020) was an Indian-American chef. He owned the New York City eatery Paowalla and was executive chef at Tabla, as well as victor on Top Chef Masters Season 3 in 2011. His New York restaurants were known for food melding Indian flavours and spices with western cuisine.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Indian chefs born between 1960 and 1960. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Indian chefs include Floyd Cardoz.

Deceased Indian Chefs

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