User:Bridget/Akhtar Nawab
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"he was a protege of Tom Colicchio, and a mentor to David Chang"[1]
Born to Indian parents in Kentucky, Nawab's mother was a nurse and hailed from Lucknow, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, while Nawab's father worked as a cardiovascular surgeon.[1] Nawab spent time cooking with his mother growing up. He attended college, but chose to instead work in the restaurant business, and in 1994 entered the California Culinary Academy (CCA) in San Francisco. During his three years at CCA, he cooked for chefs Loretta Keller (Bizou) and Roland Passot (La Folie). He then moved to New York, where he was a cook at the Gramercy Tavern for a couple years and...[1]
Restaurants
[edit]- Elettaria (open -2009)[2][1]
- Choza Taqueria (open 2014-), a fast casual taqueria in a New York food hall, part of a [[restaurant chain| [1][2]
- Alta Calidad (open 2017-), a full-service restaurant in New York serving Mexican cuisine[2]
- Fero (open 2017-), a restaurant serving Italian cuisine in a Birmingham, Alabama food hall [https://www.al.com/entertainment/2017/07/italian_restaurant_opening_in.html
- Prather's on the Alley (open 2018-) [4]
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