Chef in Toronto, Ontario

Instagram: @Cultureddeviant_cooking I’ve always found feeding, nurturing and providing for someone to be one of the most genuine parts of any interpersonal relationship. From a very young age, I found myself standing on a chair to peer over the counter or stove as my mother or grandmother cooked. I have lived around the world and been invited into grandmothers kitchens to learn from them in India, Nicaragua, Thailand and even my own community in Toronto, Canada which taught me about subtle differences in recipes and cultural significance of preparing and sharing a meal together. The one of the things that I realized, though all the language barriers, is that what brings us all together is the desire to show devotion to each other by sharing a meal. My passion is in feeding those who do not have the ability, time or means to feed themselves; whether that be in the form of rolling roti’s in temples, working to feed school children in Bangalore, or cooking healthy meals for those living with HIV in Nicaragua and Toronto. From all of that I realized that the act of feeding people was not just about the food, but it was about the love that is shared around that meal and the importance of togetherness. And, it’s a passion I hope to share with your family around the kitchen table.