Chef : Sunitha Ravi Narendran

Sunitha Ravi Narendran is the woman behind Melting Pot. She was formerly and more popularly known by her maiden name Sunitha Divakaran. She is a graduate from the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Madras, India. She joined The Casino Group (CGH Earth) and was a member of the pre-opening team at the inception stages at the `Brunton Boatyard' Hotel. After a brief stint as Junior sous-chef and then as sous-chef, she worked as the Executive Chef till she relocated to Germany post marriage.

She has not limited her talent only to India but has traveled to different countries like South Africa, Australia, Malaysia doing cookery shows for Televisions. She had also done cookery presentations in UKTV. She was also one of the invited presenters in the MasterClass 2003, Brisbane’s most prestigious annual food event, along with Chef Eric Chavot from London.

Post marriage Sunitha moved to Germany and took a break from her profession for 3 years for family reasons. During this break she travelled to different countries exploring different cuisines and food culture. She researched on blending the basic tastes defined by the Ancient Indian Medical science ‘Ayurveda’ with different cuisines and improvising new recipes by adding little variance to the traditional recipes to bring out the savoring taste.