Rachel Gurjar

Rachel is from Mumbai, India where she grew up eating a lot of diverse regional food from chaat to chili chicken. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, she moved across the world for school and then worked in restaurants like ABC Kitchen and Public Soho. She continued cooking in catering kitchens and as a private chef in New York for a while, then made the switch and became a test kitchen manager, food photographer, and stylist further exploring her creativity with food. She is currently an associate food editor at BA where she writes and develops recipes that are influenced from her culture and beyond like (marinated mushrooms, scallion-thecha, lamb keema tacos). In her free time you will find her eating street food, learning and teaching Bollywood dances to her coworkers—just ask Christina Chaey!