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About
Perhaps known best as a judge on the Food Network's Chopped, Chauhan is also famous for holding executive chef positions at the Chicago restaurant Vermilion and its New York branch, At Vermillion. In 2014, she opened a Nashville restaurant called the Chauhan Ale and Masala House.
Before Fame
After earning a degree from India's WelcomGroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, she trained at the Culinary Institute of America. She went on to hold culinary apprenticeships with the Taj, Sheraton, and Oberoi companies in her native India.
Trivia
She penned a cookbook titled Flavors of My World: A Culinary Tour Through 25 Countries. She has accumulated over 350,000 followers on her maneetchauhan Instagram page.
Family Life
A native of Ranchi, India, she settled in the United States in her early adulthood years. She married restauranteur Vivek Deora in 2007; they have two children together.
Associated With
She and fellow chef Amanda Freitag both judged Chopped and made appearances on The Next Iron Chef.
