Sujan Sarkar is the chef and partner behind celebrated modern Indian restaurant brands BAAR BAAR (NYC, LA) and the one Michelin star Indienne (Chicago). He has also conceptualized and developed several other concepts over the course of his decades-long career, from modern Middle Eastern restaurant Sifr (Chicago), progressive Indian Rooh (SF, Palo Alto) and modern Indian eatery Feringhee (Chandler, AZ) in the U.S. as well as Trèsind (Dubai) and India’s first artisanal cocktail bar, Ek Bar (New Delhi). His latest restaurant is a traditional Punjabi eatery in New York City called Gulaabo. Prior to this, Sarkar has cooked in some of the most reputed kitchens in London, Dubai, and Bombay and continues to explore, understand, and reimagine the future of Indian cuisine. He was voted Times of India “Chef of the Year" in 2016, and more recently, Indienne was named one of Esquire Magazine's "Best New Restaurants in America" (2022), Robb Report’s “Best of the Best: 10 Best New Restaurants in America” (2023), and Bon Appetit’s “Best New Restaurants in America” (2023). In 2023, Indienne received a Michelin star – just one year after opening – making it the first-ever starred Indian restaurant in the Chicago area. Sujan has also cooked for the James Beard Foundation, Cannes Lions Festival, and other prestigious organizations around the world.