Austin-based chef, Amirah Islam, is a winner of Top Chef Amateurs, a spin-off series of Bravo TV’s Emmy nominated, Top Chef.
With a fervent passion for food history and decolonizing South Asian cuisine, Chef Amirah is here to uplift South Asian cuisine with authenticity and deliver new flavourful experiences.
Born in the world’s friendliest city, Glasgow, Scotland, Chef Amirah was later raised in her home country, Bangladesh, ensconced in the rich history, literature, and artistry dating back centuries.
With years of exploring diverse cultures, Chef Amirah has delivered inventive and flavour-forward creations that celebrate the beauty of globally inspired cuisine while imparting her own unique Bengali culinary point of view.
For Chef Amirah, food is steeped in heritage, the tender love of someone’s hands, and the history that moulded ever-evolving dishes to smell and taste as they do today.
She feels this especially as the food from communities around the world are often repackaged and sold to benefit others that do not invest back in the cultures they take from so freely.
Dhaka, Bangladesh; Austin, Texas
