She’s best known as a TV personality (including as a judge on Chopped), but admirers of Maneet Chauhan’s work as a cookbook author and restaurant chef in New York and Chicago praise her knack for taking the vibrant palette of spices from her native India and applying those flavors in innovative ways. When Chauhan decided to open her own restaurant, she came to Nashville to do it — aiming to bring together all she’s learned on diverse topics like haute cuisine, Indian home cooking, craft beer, convivial cocktails and comforting pub fare. It all makes Chauhan Ale & Masala House one of the more promising concepts our city has ever seen — and a recent tasting only heightened the anticipation.
