Anahita Dhondy is an Indian chef known for promoting traditional Parsi food culture. She is the former chef of SodaBottleOpenerwala, Bombay Irani Café and Bar chain. In 2019, she was listed in the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list for her contribution to food sustainability and popularizing Parsi cuisine. In 2021, Anahita wrote her first book, Parsi Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family Book.
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Wiki/Biography
Anahita Dhondi Bhandari was born on Thursday, 23 May 1991 (age 31 years; as in 2022) in Delhi. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He did his schooling from Springdales School, Delhi. He has a bachelor’s degree in culinary arts. From 2008 to 2012, he studied at the Institute of Hotel Management in Aurangabad and the University of Huddersfield in England. In 2013, she graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in London with Le Grande Diploma in Culinary Arts. By the time Anahita was 10 years old, she had decided that she would grow up to become a chef.
A photo of Anahita Dhondy picking cherries in Cyprus in 1999
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
family and caste
Anahita belongs to a Parsi family from Delhi.
parents and siblings
His parents were married on 26 December 1985. His father Navroz Dhondy is an entrepreneur. His mother, Nilufar Dhondy, is a home chef and baker. Anahita has a brother, Kurush Dhondy, who lives in London.
Anahita Dhondi with her father
Anahita Dhondi with her mother
Childhood picture of Anahita Dhondy and her brother eating mango
Husband
On 17 November 2017, Anahita Dhondy married lawyer named Arush Bhandari, who belongs to a Punjabi family.
Anahita Dhondi with her husband
livelihood
After completing the Cordon Bleu Grand Diploma in London, Anahita Dhondy returned to India and along with restaurateur AD Singh launched the first SodaBottleOpenerwala in Gurgaon’s Cyber Hub in 2013. At the age of 23, he started working there as a chef manager. Later, he led the opening of several restaurant branches in cities including Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore and worked for them continuously for eight years. He took over seven outlets of Bombay Irani Cafe in three cities. In 2009, she worked as a kitchen intern for Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces. In 2010, he interned at Marriott International for three months. From May 2011 to May 2012, he worked as a Kitchen Management Trainee at Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces. During the first lockdown in India, Anahita and her mother started a weekend food service at their home called Weekend Kitchen, through which they delivered home-cooked food to many areas of Gurugram. The food was highly appreciated by customers, which later led them to expand their delivery services to Delhi NCR. In 2022, Anahita Dhondy and food and beverage entrepreneur Vishal Anand partnered with Moonshine Food Ventures LLP to set up a 150-seat restaurant called Glasshouse at Worldmark in Gurugram. Anahita furthered her career by being appointed as head chef for Glasshouse.
Awards and Achievements
- 2013: Times Food Guide and Nightlife Award for Notable Newcomer
- 2017: ‘Indian of the Year’ in Hospitality Sector as Chef Manager of SodaBottleOpenerwala
Anahita Dhondy received the Indian of the Year award in the hospitality sector in 2017 as the Chef Manager at SodaBottleOpenerwala.
- 2018: Condé Nast Travelers Innovator of the Year
- 2019: Included in the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list for her contribution to food sustainability and popularizing Parsi cuisine.
Anahita Dhondy was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2019
Favorite
- Restaurants: Kaiju (Japanese), COYA (Latin-American) (both restaurants are in Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates)
- Food Market: Borough Market in London, United Kingdom
Facts/General Knowledge
- When Anahita studied in school, she used to help her mother in the kitchen, making utensils and icing cakes.
- In 2018, Anahita had the opportunity to speak at the United Nations in New York alongside the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
- In an interview, Anahita revealed that apart from cooking in a professional kitchen, the things that keep her busy include socializing, dancing, reading girly novels, listening to music and cooking for her family.
- Anahita represented India and SodaBottleOpenerwala at EAT Forum 2018.
- In 2017, she appeared as a judge on the all-female cooking TV show ‘Femme Foodies’ airing on Living Foodz.
Anahita Dhondy as a guest judge in the TV series Fame Foodies (2017)
- In an interview, she revealed that she loves shrimp courgettes, especially courgettes with pumpkin, eggplant, or plain tomatoes. She also said that she and her Punjabi husband eat it twice a week.
- On 25 June 2021, Anahita wrote her first book Parsi Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family Book, based on Anahita’s collection of recipes, including her grandmother’s Raavo, Bombay Duck, which she learned on her travels through Gujarat. And was inspired by strange stories. Behind his favorite dishes.
Anahita Dhondy’s book ‘Parsi Kitchen A Memoir of Food and Family Book’ published in 2021
- In an interview, while talking about her book ‘Parsi Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family Book’, Anahita said,
Parsi Kitchen is a book which, I would say, is not just full of recipes but also has beautiful and interesting stories. The stories are equally important because they give context to the recipes. The book is a beautiful collection of not only recipes but food pictures, stories and contributions from all my family members. It took me five years to prepare and this is my journey into stepping into my own kitchen. Through this book, I really want to make Parsi cuisine so famous that one dish is cooked in your home every week.
- In an interview, Anahita told that when she was studying in London, she missed home food a lot; And as she was learning new dishes, she started missing Parsi cuisine even more, which is why she decided to learn more about Parsi food. He further said that he did not learn Parsi cuisine from any school or institute.
- Anahita considers her mother, grandmother and aunts as her teachers who taught her how to cook.
- In an interview, talking about popularizing Parsi flavors globally, Anahita said,
Well, now my mission is to make Parsi cuisine very popular not only in India but all over the world. I want people to cook Parsi dishes at least once or twice in their homes. They can make Parsi cuisine a part of their festive menu with dishes like mawa cake, dhansak and simple kadhi rice. That’s why I’ve got a whole book on it. Additionally, I make a lot of videos on social media on Parsi recipes so that more and more information can be spread and the recipes do not run out. I am doing small pop-ups and classes so that one day everyone can enjoy Parsi cooking and one day it becomes the most popular cuisine.
- Anahita Dhondy consumes alcoholic beverages on many occasions.
Anahita Dhondy enjoys wine with her husband on New Year’s Eve
- On 13 November 2016, she appeared as a guest judge on the competitive cooking Indian reality TV show MasterChef India – Season 5 on StarPlus alongside chefs Vikas Khanna, Zorawar Kalra and Kunal Kapoor.
(left to right); Zorawar Kalra, Vikas Khanna, Anahita Dhondy and Kunal Kapoor in a scene from the show MasterChef India – Season 5 (2016)
- In 2023, she appeared as a guest chef on MasterChef India – Season 7 and challenged all the contestants to ‘The Pressure Test’.
(left to right); Ranveer Brar, Anahita Dhondy, Garima Arora and Vikas Khanna on the sets of MasterChef India – Season 7
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