From Physics To Food. How A Passion For Flavor Led Chet Sharma Through Michelin Starred Gastronomy

Date: 2024-09-16 12:00:40

×

Check out my FREE 7 day meal plan here: https://thedoctorskitchen.com/newsletter

Chet Sharma’s culinary intrigue, coupled with his academic and scientific interests, have made for an impressive and expansive career in hospitality.

During his university studies, which ultimately led to a PhD in physics from the University of Oxford, he worked part time at a number of London’s leading Michelin-starred restaurants, including Benares and Locanda Locatelli. After discovering a passion for hospitality, he went on to work at two Michelin-starred Mugaritz, Simon Rogan’s Umbel Restaurant Group, two-starred Mark Birchall’s Moor Hall, and the late, also two-starred, The Ledbury.

In 2017, Chet moved to become Group Development Chef at JKS Restaurants – with whom he eventually opened BiBi in September 2021. A progressive restaurant serving dishes inspired by ingredients and memories from the Indian subcontinent. BiBi draws on the years Chet has spent cooking and sourcing ingredients for some of the most esteemed Michelin-starred restaurants in the world, whilst also embracing the full multicultural span of Indian cuisine. BiBi was GQ Restaurant of the Year 2022.

Today we talk about:
Chet’s transition from a science background into food
Small scale farmers in the UK and India to champion forgotten ingredients
His ongoing research with the British Library into pre-colonial Indian food
We also talk about the stress of the job and how, to this day, Chet lives with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a reactivation of Varicella Zoster Virus that affects his facial nerve brought on by stress during the pandemic.
________________________________________________________________________

Guest Socials

https://www.instagram.com/chetsharmaox/

Home

https://www.instagram.com/bibi_ldn/

________________________________________________________________________

EAT WELL EVERYDAY
📱 Download the Doctor’s Kitchen app for free here: https://apple.co/3La17ce
🥗 Download a FREE 7 day meal plan: https://thedoctorskitchen.com/newsletter/
🔥 Learn about Inflammation in my 4 part mini-series here: https://thedoctorskitchen.com/lp/inflammation-series

LEARN FROM THE BEST
🎤 Listen to experts on the podcast: https://thedoctorskitchen.com/podcasts
👨🏽‍💻 Browse articles on the website: www.thedoctorskitchen.com

MY COOKBOOKS
📚 https://thedoctorskitchen.com/books/

LET’S BE FRIENDS
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/
📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDHTLhQbYlFnPBv-iLgFsQQ
🙋🏽‍♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedoctorskitchen
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/doctors_kitchen
👔 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupy-aujla/