Sujan Sarkar is the chef and creator of two nationally recognized modern Indian restaurant brands in the United States. He continues to explore, understand, and reimagine what the future of Indian cuisine can be by experimenting and stretching the boundaries of traditional Indian menus. His first U.S. restaurant concept, ROOH, opened in early 2017 in San Francisco and is a critically acclaimed restaurant. Sarkar opened his first Indian gastro bar called BAAR BAAR in New York. Since then, ROOH has opened in New Delhi, Chicago, Columbus and, most recently, Palo Alto. Sarkar has received multiple awards including Times of India Chef of the Year (2016) and Elite Magazine’s International Chef of the Year.