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Madhur Jaffrey becomes the first South Asian to win the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award

Talking of her award, Jaffrey said, "It’s a wonderful pinnacle to my career and I’m overjoyed."

madhur jaffreyMadhur Jaffrey was awarded the Padma Bhushan last year (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Madhur Jaffrey, who is an Indian-born British-American actor, food and travel writer, chef and TV personality, has added another feather to her cap as she was recently honoured with the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award 2023, becoming the first South Asian to win the prestigious award. According to the official website, the Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual whose lifetime body of work has had a positive and long-lasting impact on the way we eat, cook, and/or think about food in America.

Talking about Jaffrey, the press release stated, “Jaffrey first captured attention as an actress in the film Shakespeare Wallah, winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival in 1965. Her first cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking, was published in 1973 and was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006. She has since released more than 30 award-winning cookbooks, cementing her status as the ‘Godmother of Indian Cooking‘.”

 

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In 1982, her show, Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery, premiered on the BBC, taking the versatility of Indian cuisine to a wider audience. Jaffrey, who is credited with bringing mainstream attention to Indian cuisine in the US and the UK, was also awarded the Padma Bhushan — the third-highest civilian award given by the Indian government — in 2022. In 2004, she was named an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of her services to cultural relations between the United Kingdom, India and the United States, through her achievements in film, television and cookery. “She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the UK Guild of Food Writers in 2019 and, with the 2023 James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award, she is a nine-time James Beard Award winner.”

Jaffrey also has several bestselling books to name, including Madhur Jaffrey’s Ultimate Curry Bible, Curry Easy, and Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian. She has also served as the food consultant at the now-closed Dawat, which was considered to be among the best Indian restaurants in New York City. Talking of her award, Jaffrey said, “It’s a wonderful pinnacle to my career and I’m overjoyed.”

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Jaffrey will be honoured, along with other winners, at the Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony on June 5 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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First uploaded on: 02-04-2023 at 13:15 IST
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