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Chef Vijay Kumar of Semma made history as the Tamil Nadu born chef who won the Best Chef award at the James Beard Awards in New York State.
Chefs and restaurants were honoured with James Beard Awards, one of the US culinary community’s highest accolades. For the first time, an Indian restaurant has taken the top spot.
Vijay Kumar of Semma, the Greenwich Village hotspot that serves South Indian food has been named as the Best Chef by the James Beard Foundation that is considered to be the Oscars of the food world.
Semma was opened in 2021 and helmed by Chintan Pandya and Roni Mazumdar. This restaurant has redefined what Indian food looks like on fine dining menus.
Besides this award, the restaurant has also got the No1 spot on the New York Times 100 Best Restaurants list and is the only Indian restaurant in New York City currently holding a Michelm star for three consecutive years.
Chef Vijay Kumar accepted the award dressed in a veshti and said that he never thought he would get such a prestigious award when he started cooking.
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