""I always came up with ideas which were very idiot and stupid. And over the 22 years that I've been cooking, nobody believed in it," he said in his acceptance speech. "I met this guy [Mazumdar] five years back and...I realised he is a bigger idiot and stupid than me because he believes in my ideas. Because he believed in my idiocracy and stupidity, that I'm standing here.""
"Aptly naming their company Unapologetic Foods , Pandya and Mazumdar have been on a journey to serve the foods of their heritage in "its full, honest form." Coming to the scene first with modernist Indian restaurant Rahi, it was their follow-up restaurant, Adda Indian Canteen, that started grabbing all the attention. During its first year in 2018, it received two stars from then critic Pete Wells of The New York Times for its "fierce biryani," "gorgeously soft" paneer and "messy riot" of chaats,"
Chintan Pandya won the James Beard Award for New York Best Chef and publicly credited business partner Roni Mazumdar for supporting bold ideas. Pandya and Mazumdar co-founded Unapologetic Foods to present Indian heritage cuisine in its full, honest form. Their projects began with modernist restaurant Rahi and continued with Adda Indian Canteen, which earned acclaim for fierce biryani, gorgeously soft paneer and lively, messy chaats. Adda received two stars from Pete Wells of The New York Times during its first year in 2018. A subsequent eatery inside Essex Market emphasized regional discoveries from Pandya's travels, drawing on lesser-known traditions and stopovers in Nagaland and Jharkhand.
Read at Time Out New York
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