Bhavin Chhatwani is a James Beard Foundation “Emerging Chef” of 2025 and Plate Magazine “Chef to Watch” of 2024 – recognized nationally as Executive Chef of Tamasha Modern Indian, the country’s newest modern Indian restaurant. Chhatwani brings a wealth of exceptional culinary experience from around the globe. Originally from Udaipur, Rajasthan, in the Western part of India, he was recruited by co-owners Mike Kathrani and Tina Vora to lead North Carolina’s most elevated and modern Indian restaurant yet. Prior to opening Tamasha, Chhatwani’s served at San Francisco’s Taj Campton Place – the world’s only Two MICHELIN starred Indian restaurant at the time, when he was just 26 years old. A proud alumnus of one of India’s most elite chef training programs, the Taj Management Training Program, Chhatwani gained expertise at some of India’s most celebrated properties including luxury Taj-owned properties and their signature restaurants throughout India. Among the most notable, Chhatwani was the chef at the Taj Wellington Mews, as well as for a Taj Five-Star hotel property in Chennai, and led the team at The Oberoi in Trident, Chennai, and at Taj Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad, India, where their specialty restaurant, Adaa at Taj Falaknuma Palace was recognized as one of India’s top restaurants. Today, Chhatwani is on a mission to elevate Indian cuisine to global prominence at Tamasha Modern Indian in Raleigh, North Carolina.