Eat & DrinkFemale chefs move into India's top restaurants
Once considered a male domain, fine dining gets a boost from nascent 'girl power'
Mythrayie Iyer, former head chef at FarmLore, a Bengaluru company that offers degustation menus, says fine dining tends to attract women "because it demands focus, creativity, precision and an eye for detail, which are often strengths for many women." (Courtesy of Mythrayie Iyer)
NEW DELHI -- Garima Arora is a rarity on many levels. A Michelin-starred female Indian chef, she became famous for her acclaimed restaurant Gaa in Bangkok, Thailand. She was then named Asia's top woman chef and has now just opened her first restaurant back home, in New Delhi.