Curators

Anisha Rachel Oommen, Goya

Anisha Rachel Oommen, Goya

Anisha Rachel Oommen is the founder of Goya, an award-winning publication focussed on food & culture in the subcontinent. Goya operates at the intersection of culture, community, and media, using food as a medium to tell stories and create lasting cultural platforms that spotlight regional cuisines, local producers, and the knowledge systems that sustain them.
Chef Thomas Zacharias and The Locavore

Chef Thomas Zacharias and The Locavore

Chef Thomas Zacharias, known as ChefTZac, is one of India’s most influential culinary voices, known for championing regional Indian ingredients, forgotten food traditions, and sustainable food systems.
Edible Issues

Edible Issues

Edible Issues is a food systems collective building experiences, archives, and interventions at the intersection of food, climate, culture, and society.

Manu Chandra

Manu Chandra

Manu Chandra is the Founder Partner at Manu Chandra Ventures Pvt Ltd, a Bengaluru-based hospitality company in partnership with long-time colleague and hospitality professional Chetan Rampal.
Odette Mascarenhas

Odette Mascarenhas

Odette Mascarenhas is a food historian and critic, author and television host. Her stint as the food & beverage manager at the Taj Group of Hotels has helped her define a keen palate towards the nuances of different ingredients used in food preparations.
Prahlad Sukhtankar

Prahlad Sukhtankar

Prahlad Sukhtankar is a restaurateur, sommelier, and culinary curator deeply rooted in Goa’s evolving food landscape. An alumnus of Les Roches and César Ritz, and a certified sommelier from the International Sommelier Guild, Prahlad is the founder of The Black Sheep Bistro Panjim and Aguada and co-founder of Melt Pizzabar.

Rahul Akerkar

Rahul Akerkar

Rahul Akerkar curator for Culinary Arts in the 2019 edition of Serendipity Arts Festival, curated a range of culinary workshops and interventions focusing on diverse traditions and practices.