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Vikram Sunderam (born 1967) is an Indian-American chef. He serves as the James Beard Award-winning chef at Rasika restaurant in Washington, DC and is co-author of a cookbook by the same name.

Early life

Sunderam was educated in Mumbai, where he applied to several colleges, including to study engineering and medicine, but the culinary institute was the first to accept him so he enrolled.^[1] Next he began working for Taj Group of hotels, first for six years in Mumbai then 14 years in London.^[1]

Restaurants

Working with Ashok Bajaj's Knightsbridge Group, Sunderam opened Rasika in December 2005,^[3] in downtown DC (Penn Quarter).^[4] Six years later, the team opened a second Rasika location in DC's West End neighborhood.^[3]

Sunderam won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic in 2014 for his work at Rasika.^[2] The restaurant also receives widely favorable reviews^[5] and while President, Barack Obama twice celebrated his birthday with dinner at Rasika.^[6]

In August 2016, Sunderam and the Knightsbridge Group opened a new restaurant in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington called Bindaas, focused on Indian street food.^[7] In November 2017, a second Bindaas location opened in Foggy Bottom.^[8]

Cookbook

On October 10, 2017, Sunderam published a cookbook called Rasika: Flavors of India with Ecco Press.^[9] The book is co-authored with Bajaj and DC-based chef and author David Hagedorn,^[10] and includes the recipe for palak chaat, Rasika's signature crispy spinach dish.^[3] The cookbook drew praise for rendering Sunderam's methods accessible to the home cook.^[10]

Personal life

References

1. ^¹²{{Cite news|url=https://capitolfile-magazine.com/chef-vikram-sunderam-talks-james-beard-foundation-award-and-taste-america|title=Chef Vikram Sunderam Talks James Beard Foundation's Taste America|last=Winters|first=Jeff|date=October 14, 2014|work=Capitol File|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en}}
2. ^¹{{cite news|last1=Carman|first1=Tim|title=Rasika chef Vikram Sunderam wins James Beard Award|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/going-out-guide/wp/2014/05/06/rasika-chef-vikram-sunderam-wins-james-beard-award/|accessdate=25 October 2016|work=The Washington Post|date=6 May 2014}}
3. ^¹²{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/life/food/2017/10/18/Rasika-Indian-restaurant-Washington-cookbook-recipes-Vikram-Sunderam-Ashok-Bajaj/stories/201710180008|title=Rasika's cookbook reveals the restaurant's house secrets|last=Subramaniam|first=Arthi|date=October 18, 2017|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/hotels-/-restaurants/the-taste-of-india-in-us-capital/articleshow/61697468.cms|title=The taste of India in US capital|last=Somvanshi|first=Kiran Kabtta|date=2017-11-18|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-06-24|publisher=The Times of India}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/tom-sietsemas-top-10-rasika-is-no-9/2016/09/30/32fc53fc-84e6-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html|title=Rasika review: A national treasure in D.C.|last1=Sietsema|first1=Tom|date=30 September 2016|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=22 December 2016}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/18/558350731/in-new-cookbook-acclaimed-indian-restaurant-finally-spills-its-secrets|title=In New Cookbook, Acclaimed Indian Restaurant Finally Spills Its Secrets|last=Shapiro|first=Ari|date=October 18, 2017|work=NPR|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en}}
7. ^{{cite news|last1=Plumb|first1=Tierney|title=The Early Word on Bindaas in Cleveland Park|url=http://dc.eater.com/2016/8/22/12584980/early-reviews-bindaas-cleveland-park|accessdate=25 October 2016|work=Eater DC|date=22 August 2016}}
8. ^{{cite news |last1=Spiegel |first1=Anna |title=The Rasika Team’s New Indian Bistro Will Open Downtown with Chili-Fried Chicken and Spiced Cocktails |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/11/01/bindaas-from-the-rasika-owners-opens-downtown-with-indian-street-food/ |work=Washingtonian |date=November 1, 2017}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-0624-3555-2|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Rasika: Flavors of India by Ashok Bajaj, Vikram Sunderam, and David Hagedorn. Ecco, $34.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-0624-3555-2|last=|first=|date=September 18, 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en}}
10. ^¹{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/think-recipes-from-an-indian-restaurants-cookbook-will-be-too-hard-rasika-proves-otherwise/2017/10/03/2344773e-a3ce-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html|title=Think recipes from an Indian restaurant’s cookbook will be too hard? ‘Rasika’ proves otherwise.|last=Benwick|first=Bonnie S.|date=2017-10-04|work=Washington Post|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}