Tamara Chubinidze

Coming Up

Today, Tamara Chubinidze is the founder and co-owner of Chama Mama, a role she has held since 2019.

Where They Are Now

At Chama Mama, the work is built around translation: Georgia’s regional foodways, memory, and hospitality rendered into a menu a city audience can read. In Tamara Chubinidze’s hands, the restaurant functions less as a brand statement than as a practical form of cultural explanation, with taste doing the work that words once had to carry. Her own line — “Chama Mama is my love letter to Georgia” — is the clearest statement of the project’s frame. The language is personal, but the execution is structural: Georgian regions, traditions, and bold flavors presented through time-tested recipes, with polish and restraint in the finish. The result is a kitchen language that keeps origin visible without treating it as museum material. Khachapuri is the clearest entry point in that language. What began with Tamara Chubinidze explaining her homeland now becomes a restaurant where that explanation can be eaten, with dough and cheese carrying the reference points. In that setting, the signature is not just a dish on a list; it is a direct line into Georgian culinary identity. The strength of the work lies in its continuity. Tamara’s approach at Chama Mama connects private memory to public service, while keeping the present tense in view: guests arrive curious, and the meal is built to leave them with a more grounded sense of Georgia than they had at the table. That is the discipline of the project — a cuisine that carries culture without flattening it.

Signature

Tamara's signature dishes include Khachapuri, Khinkali, Adjaruli, and Jonjoli.

In Their Words “Chama Mama is my love letter to Georgia.”