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Eat To The Beat With Chef & Guitarist Cheetie Kumar Of Ajja In Raleigh
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Today’s guest is Cheetie Kumar, self-taught chef, rock and roller, and restaurant industry champion. She and her husband Paul are the owners of Ajja, a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, that celebrates the bold, beautiful flavors she loves. Ajja means “come over” in Hindi and Urdu, as Cheetie explains, and it’s the perfect word to describe their buzzy neighborhood spot.
Cheetie is also vice president and a board member of the Independent Restaurant Coalition, which represents indie operators across the country. Cheetie and the IRC are fighting to keep restaurants around the country alive and thriving, a cause we can all get behind. Tune in to learn about her childhood in the Bronx, how life on the road with Cheetie’s band led to her becoming a chef, and what she means by the stupidity of ambition.
Thank you to Vivienne Culinary Books for supporting our show.
Click here for tickets for our Summer Tastemaker Tour.
Subscribe to Cherry Bombe’s print magazine.
More on Cheetie: Instagram, Ajja restaurant, Independent Restaurant Coalition
More on Kerry: Instagram
600 episodes
Manage episode 490369720 series 2604276
Today’s guest is Cheetie Kumar, self-taught chef, rock and roller, and restaurant industry champion. She and her husband Paul are the owners of Ajja, a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, that celebrates the bold, beautiful flavors she loves. Ajja means “come over” in Hindi and Urdu, as Cheetie explains, and it’s the perfect word to describe their buzzy neighborhood spot.
Cheetie is also vice president and a board member of the Independent Restaurant Coalition, which represents indie operators across the country. Cheetie and the IRC are fighting to keep restaurants around the country alive and thriving, a cause we can all get behind. Tune in to learn about her childhood in the Bronx, how life on the road with Cheetie’s band led to her becoming a chef, and what she means by the stupidity of ambition.
Thank you to Vivienne Culinary Books for supporting our show.
Click here for tickets for our Summer Tastemaker Tour.
Subscribe to Cherry Bombe’s print magazine.
More on Cheetie: Instagram, Ajja restaurant, Independent Restaurant Coalition
More on Kerry: Instagram
600 episodes
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