Ultimate Kitchen Playlists
![Shipra Khanna](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Shipra-Khanna.png)
The Shimla-born chef is a mom, television food show host, author and digital creator – she certainly needs music to help her relax and unwind.
![Sricharan Venkatesh](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Sricharan.png)
This chef recreates a signature vibe on food from southern Indian -- just like his music gets him into a “surreal state” that vibes with himself.
![Naren Thimmaiah](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Naren-Thimmaiah-1.png)
The man behind the award-winning Karavalli is a legend who turns to music to keep him calm “during the storm in the kitchen”.
![Rohit Ghai](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Rohit-Ghai.png)
Earning a Michelin star within 10 months of taking over Jamavar’s kitchen, chef Ghai is now a serial restaurateur.
![Palash Mitra](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Palash-Mitra.png)
Chef Mitra who oversees multiple restaurants in Hong Kong says his love for music stays “light and peppy” and generally, “outside of work”.
![Anupam Gulati](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Anupam-Gulati.png)
The executive chef at Four Seasons Mumbai, is a soft-spoken person who has transformed culinary concepts and innovated with passion.
![Niyati Rao](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Niyati-Rao.png)
With a composer-pianist as a father, chef Rao’s playlist of choice is as eclectic as her ‘interpreted cuisine’ menus at Ekaa.
![Prateek Sandhu](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Prateek-Sandhu.png)
This Kashmiri chef’s Masque follows a wilderness-to-table approach that has won critical global acclaim.
![Tanvi Goswami](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tanvi-Goswami.png)
“Music is my anchor,” chimes the passionate young chef who commits to sustainable cooking and reducing food wastage.
![Yangdup Lama](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Yangdup-Lama.png)
One of India’s most celebrated bartenders and owner of Sidecar, claims his music of choice is “old school, just like a perfect Manhattan cocktail”.
![Radhika Khandelwal](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Radhika-khandelwal.png)
“Music has the power to inspire,” says the chef who inspires many with her zero-waste kitchens that focus on local and sustainable.
![Himanshu Taneja](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Himanshu-Taneja.png)
Passionate about the science of cooking, chef Taneja takes his kitchen-cum-corporate roles very seriously.
![Himanshu Saini](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Himanshu-Saini.png)
India’s young and bold chef, the much-awarded Saini says his kitchen at TresInd is a musical symphony – a collective, creative, dramatic space.
![Lakhan Jethani](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Lakhan.png)
Fondly termed the Samurai chef, Jethani’s Mizu blends his love for Japanese with local ingredients.
![Anahita Dhondy](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Anahita-dhondy.png)
“Music is therapy,” says the chef whose food and now, a cookbook, are a celebration of Parsi cuisine.
![Nooresha Kably](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/unnamed-8.png)
Sushi certainly goes better with music, for the chef-owner of Izumi, Mumbai.
![Aakritee Sinh](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/listen_revised-03.png)
“Cooking is like music, you can tell when someone put love into it,” says the chef-patron of Goa’s A Reverie.
![Vickey Ratnani](https://www.culinaryculture.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/listen_revised-02.png)
This television gastronaut helming The Seakeasy Kitchen, Mumbai, connects “every decade of life… with music memories.”