Nashville itself and Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill inspired Waxman to open the restaurant Adele’s here earlier this summer. And he’s not the only renowned chef planting roots in Nashville. “Top Chef” contestant Dale Levitski is executive chef at Sinema, which opened in June. “Chopped” judge Maneet Chauhan is expected to open Chauhan Ale & Masala House this fall. “Top Chef” […]

Nowadays when people ask me where I call home, I say I am a “Nash-Yorker”. After all, home is where the heart is and my heart is now divided. Only one thing is certain, every time I return to New York from Nashville, I walk down the streets with a silly grin, just smiling at […]

Maneet Chauhan writes about the experience of opening her first restaurant, Chauhan Ale & Masala House, in Nashville for Huffington Post, saying that ‘[n]owadays when people ask me where I call home, I say I am a “Nash-Yorker”. After all, home is where the heart is and my heart is now divided.’ [Huffington Post Travel]  

When I first heard that celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan was bringing a new concept to Nashville with her Chauhan Ale and Masala House, one particular detail really piqued my interest. Bites’ Dana Kopp Franklin reported that the venture would include a microbrewery, and then I heard that the specialty of the house would be beers […]

 Nashville’s trendy neighborhood The Gulch will become home to Chauhan Ale & Masala House this September, a gastropub-style space with Indian fare. Chef Maneet Chauhan, a judge on Food Network’s Chopped, joined members of Nashville’s North Gulch Hospitality Group to bring the fusion restaurant to the city. The 5,000-square-foot space with pub will boast accordion-style […]

Chauhan Ale & Masala House, an unexpected pairing of Indian flavors with gastropub fare, opened in August at 123 12th Avenue North. The causal, 150 seater is the brainchild of executive chef and TV personality Maneet Chauhan and locally based North Gulch Hospitality Group. Chef de cuisine Vasisht Ramasubramanian is a recruit from Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s […]

Another chef bringing Indian-inspired flavors to the South is Food Network personality Maneet Chahuan. Opening in Nashville in September, Chahaun’s Ale and Marsala House aims to be a “British pub with Indian influences,” offering fusion fare in addition to a section of the menu dedicated to classic Indian dishes. The beverage offering will focus on custom beers, including flavors […]

Chopped chopper Maneet Chauhan has Nashville excited for her new “British pub with Indian influences.” She’s brought on NYC transplant Vasisht Ramasubramanian, an alum of ABC Kitchen and ABC Cocina, to be chef de cuisine while front of the house is shaping up to have “a modern, casual vibe,” reports Eater Nashville.  

It’s almost difficult to believe that Maneet Chauhan, with her impressive resume, including  her tenure as a judge on Chopped and her executive chef status at both Chicago and New York’s Vermilion. At the end of the summer, she will be opening her first restaurant in Nashville, called Chauhan Ale & Masala House, which will open in […]

Chauhan is whipping up a multi-course preview dinner at 7:30 p.m. tonight at POP Nashville (604 Gallatin Avenue, Suite 201). Diners can dig into such dishes as curried scallops pav bhaji (a mashed vegetable dish), kashmiri lamb shank and gajar halwa whoopee pie (Indian carrot pudding sandwiched in a saffron cardamom cake).  

With an anticipated August opening, things are starting to pick up steam for the North Gulch’s Chauhan Ale & Masala House. And today from Maneet Chauhan’s team comes a peek at an early interior rendering for the restaurant. The space has a modern, casual vibe, with a variety of seating including booths, tables and a large […]

Chef and Chopped judge Maneet Chauhan is behind one of Nashville’s big openings this year, Chauhan Ale & Masala House. Eater Nashville reports that the restaurant will mainly serve a sort of global fusion menu, with a portion of that dedicated to traditional Indian food. As its name suggests, beer will be the beverage focus here as the restaurant […]