Chef and Co-Founder
Rasika Venkatesa
Chef and Co-Founder, Mythily
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Portrait of Rasika Venkatesa
i. Biography
Rasika Venkatesa is a chef and founder of Mythily, a New York-based pop-up and future restaurant concept focused on progressive Tamil and South Indian cuisine. She graduated from Manipal University’s hospitality program, worked at Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry as a commis chef and later chef de partie, and became chef de cuisine at Mourad in 2022. She was also featured as a contestant on Top Chef Season 21 and received a 2022 StarChefs San Francisco-Oakland Rising Stars award as a chef at Mourad.
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