Suja Kannan

Suja Kannan is a well-known chef from India. She completed her Diploma in Hotel Management at Canon institute. She was extremely passionate about cooking since her early childhood days. She was inspired by watching various cooking shows at a young age. She recalls an incident from her childhood days where she picked up almost all the cooking books available in the shop during their family tour. She kept looking at the pictures of relishing dishes and wanted to try them out. She began experimenting with food when she was barely 13 years old. She started with a simple south Indian recipe Rava Upma  (made from roasted semolina) in thick porridge. She then tried something challenging and made Biryani when she was 16.

She has 8 years of experience in this domain, especially South Indian cuisine. She loves making Indo-Chinese fusions, snack items, village cooking. She is a specialist in fusion cooking and kids-oriented recipes. She then leaped forward as a Media chef in channels like sun tv, Puthuyugam, Jaya TV, Sathyam TV, and also she is a great YouTuber. She has attended various cookery shows as a guest and as a judge. She has also conducted many cooking competitions. She has incredible exposure in the Hotel Industry too. She is always enthusiastic about trying various dishes that are soothing to our taste buds. She is known for fusing flavors from different nations and bringing out a new taste.

Chef Daamu and Malika Badrinath were her inspiration. She aspires to publish her cookbook and open a restaurant of her own. She began her career by opening a cafeteria in her home and served dishes like rolls and sandwiches. The cafeteria was created based on her creative mind. Her cafeteria was a huge success, following which she opened two more cafeterias in the city. She currently works as a chef at a restaurant at Anna Nagar. She has numerous innovative ideas. She inspires to change the mindset of people who consider cooking a boring job. She does this with the help of innovating dishes that are easy to make using basic ingredients available at home rather than difficult ones. Her main target is to innovate unique dishes for kids. She has come up with an interesting idea called “Oru Uru Oru Unavu.” The major goal of this concept is to bring back the Madras’ Authentic food that has disappeared long ago. Dishes like Molakai bajji, masala vadais will be made at the show but surely with a Suja Kannan twist.