FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Michelin-star chef and restaurateur Garima Arora, on her eclectic journey with food, love for India's culinary heritage, and the recipe to becoming an innovative chef.

- SHUBHANGI JINDAL

Harper’s Bazaar: How did your journey with food start?

Garima Arora: “Coming from a Punjabi family, my journey started at our dinner table at home. Food has always been a big part of my family, somebody is always cooking or eating— it’s just how we grew up.”

HB: Share your earliest memory of cooking. 

GA: “My dad used to travel a lot when I was a kid and return with ingredients and recipes that we would try together. I recall sitting by him in the kitchen and watching him cook, he’s the kind of person who does things thoroughly and earnestly, and those are some of the things that stuck with me.”

HB: What kind of stories are you telling through your food?