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Tasty recipes By Chindi Varadarajulu

Darpan News Desk, 31 Oct, 2018

    A passionate restaurateur and Chef, she led her restaurant in receiving many awards, and also garnered positive media attention.

     
     
     
    Born and brought up in Singapore, Chef Chindi Varadarajulu moved to Vancouver in the early 90s, where she opened Chutney Villa, a South Indian restaurant in 2003. A passionate restaurateur and Chef, she led her restaurant in receiving many awards, and also garnered positive media attention. In 2011, Chindi decided to sell her restaurant in Vancouver and head to India. She moved to Chennai and opened a global restaurant L’attitude 49 within the Grande Bay Resort and Spa in December 2011. Today, she is the proud owner of Pumpkin Tales, a contemporary restaurant and bakery as well as a catering service in Chennai which she started in October 2017.
     

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