Being a chef requires creativity and discipline. And whilst women believe that kitchens are run on discipline, it essentially means managing people. Their emotions, their tantrums, motivating them, and a hell of a lot of patience. All of these skills come to women. Also as women, they inherently love to feed and that also gives them a winning advantage.
Chef Garima Arora, Chef-Owner of Two Michelin-starred Gaa
“The first thing I do is take care of myself, I strongly believe and I strongly encourage all women. I think understanding women’s health and how nutrition affects and impacts your energy levels and your hormonal cycles. I think that really affects my output professionally and personally, being available for my children all the time, being available for my business, for my team, that can only happen if I am healthy. So I think for the longest time again we’ve looked at nutrition and health and gyms and protein supplements and what have you through the lens of a man’s body. So I think that’s the first thing I do is take care of myself, I prioritize. I’m always trying to try to be a day ahead of things organize myself that’s what I do myself but I think even more importantly I have a very good support system around me, I have some amazing friends great colleagues my family very supportive husband who are always there to you know help pick up the ball when I need to switch roles from my personal to professional to personal life. I think it’s stupid to say that women can do it all, no person can do it all. You need a good support system all the time and I’m lucky to have that.”
I spoke to many leading women chef’s as well. Read the full story that first appeared in Nikkei Asia here:
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