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Manish Mehrotra is an Indian celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. In January 2026, Mehrotra opened Nisaba, his first independent restaurant under the Manish Mehrotra Culinary Arts (MMCA) banner, located within the Humayun’s Tomb Museum Complex in Delhi. He previously served as the culinary director of Indian Accent restaurants in Delhi, Mumbai, and New York City, and at Comorin in Gurgaon.
Soon after, in the year 2000, Mehrotra moved back from Mumbai to Delhi and joined Old World Hospitality which at that time managed the hospitality facilities at Habitat World, India Habitat Centre. He was posted at Oriental Octopus, a Members’ only restaurant at Habitat World. Within a span of six months, he became the Chef In-charge of the restaurant.
During his time at the Oriental Octopus, Mehrotra travelled the South Asian region extensively and visited countries including China, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore where he mastered his skills and learned extensively about South East Asian cuisine.
In 2006, Mehrotra moved to London and opened a Pan Asian restaurant for Old World Hospitality to rave reviews. He spent three years in UK and came back to India.
In the year 2009, Mehrotra’s career took a turn as he changed his path and started experimenting with Indian cuisine. This change of events turned in his favour and established him as the pioneer of ‘Modern Indian Cuisine’. In March 2009, he became the founding chef of Indian Accent at The Manor Hotel, New Delhi Indian Accent, an Old World Hospitality concept, offers an inventive approach to Indian cuisine. The original restaurant in New Delhi opened in 2009 to significant acclaim for its path breaking approach to contemporary Indian food. The menu explores progressive ideas in Indian cuisine while maintaining traditional integrity. Mehrotra reinterprets nostalgic Indian dishes with openness towards global techniques and influences.
Indian Accent in New York opened in 2016 to critical and popular acclaim, including being ranked among the Best Restaurants of the year by several media outlets including Zagat, Time Out, Eater, The Village Voice and Thrillist.
In 2018, Mehrotra designed a menu of comfort dishes and unusual food combinations from across the country for Old World Hospitality’s (now a group company of EHV International) Comorin, Gurugram. The restaurant won several awards and is currently amongst the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants.
Fourteen years after the Delhi outpost, Indian Accent opened in Mumbai in 2023 at NMACC. For the new branch, Mehrotra re-created an elaborate and unique menu keeping in mind the Mumbaikar’s palette. Indian Accent in New Delhi has won several awards and global recognition, including being on the World’s 50 Best list from 2015 to 2023. It has been awarded the San Pellegrino Best Restaurant in India on Asia’s 50 Best list from 2015 to 2022. It has also been rated the No.1 Restaurant in India by Tripadvisor for several consecutive years. It is also part of the Time Magazine, 100 Great Destinations in the World.
After parting ways from Indian Accent in 2024, Mehrotra took a break to explore new opportunities. In January 2026, the chef opened Nisaba, his first independent restaurant under the Manish Mehrotra Culinary Arts (MMCA) banner, backed by partners Amit Khanna and Binny Bansal.
The restaurant is located within the Humayun’s Tomb Museum Complex in Delhi, marking a new chapter in his culinary career.
Manish himself has won several awards during his career.
Mehrotra is also a well-known TV personality who lifted the trophy of Foodistan a reality cooking show by NDTV Good Times.
Apart from this he has also been invited as a guest on several shows like
The Coffee Table book has pictures by ace photographer Rohit Chawla. The book was launched on January 21, 2016 at the prestigious Jaipur Literature Festival by Shobhaa De. Two editions of the book have already been published.
In 2023, the paperback version of the Indian Accent Restaurant Cookbook was published by Hachette Books.
Manish’s recipes have featured in several cookbooks, magazines, newspapers as well as blogs
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