Chef Zubair Mohajir Wiki, Age, Wife, Top Chef, Ethnicity, Religion
Zubair Mohajir Biography – Zubair Mohajir Wiki
Zubair Mohajir is a chef and a contestant on Season 22 of Top Chef. He is the founder and executive chef at Lilac Tiger, The Coach House, and Mirra in Chicago — restaurants that boldly weave his Indian heritage, global travels, and personal faith into every dish.
Originally from Chennai, India, Chef Zubair was a former financial analyst and began his career in the culinary field after getting laid off during the 2008 financial crisis.
Starting as a prep cook and working his way up to sous chef in Chicago at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s the Pump Room, Zubair studied French techniques and Southeast Asian flavors before joining Thomas Keller’s Bouchon as chef de partie in Napa. While there, he contacted the renowned Gaggan Anand to express his interest in an apprenticeship and was later invited to work at Gaggan in Bangkok.
Returning to Chicago after six months, he launched his acclaimed pop-up Wazwan before opening his first brick-and-mortar restaurant in 2021. Two years later, he transformed the space into two concepts Lilac Tiger, highlighting South Asian street food, and the Coach House, his fine-dining restaurant. He recently opened his newest endeavor, Mirra, where diners experience a blend of Indian and Mexican flavors.
Zubair has garnered industry acclaim as a 2022 Jean Banchet Rising Chef of the Year and a two-time James Beard semi-finalists—first in 2023 as Best Chef Great Lakes, and then in 2024, as Emerging Chef of the Year.
Zubair Mohajir Age
Chef Zubair Mohajir was born in 1984 in Chennai, India.
Zubair Mohajir Family
Zubair is the son of immigrants. He was born in Chennai, India, and grew up in Doha, Qatar, where his Indian parents were expats, before moving to Chicago with his family as a 12 year old in 1997.
Zubair Mohajir Wife
James Beard Award-nominated chef Zubair Mohajir is married. He and his wife got married in 2008.
Zubair Mohajir Top Chef
Chicago chef Zubair Mohajir will compete in the 22nd season of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef,” hosted by Kristen Kish and featuring long-standing judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons.
The prestigious culinary series returns this spring with a set of 15 contestants who are heading north to Canada for Season 22 of Top Chef, according to Bravo TV. From Toronto to Calgary, Montreal, and Prince Edward Island, Season 22 will highlight much of the rich cooking scene in Canada.
For Season 22, the competitors have the chance to win $250,000 provided by Saratoga Spring Water and a $125,000 flight credit to spend on travel with Delta Air Lines. Plus, the winner will get a feature in Food & Wine Magazine and make an appearance at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.
The first-place finisher will also headline a dinner at the James Beard house in New York City and have the chance to present at The James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago, Illinois. Plus, cash prizes totaling $150,000 will be offered during each Quickfire Challenge, and at several Elimination Challenges.
The chefs competing on “Top Chef” Season 22 are Anna “Anya” El-Wattar, San Francisco, California; Paula Endara, Lexington, Kentrucky; Tristen Epps, Houstin, Texas; Corwin Hemming, Brooklyn, New York; Katianna Hong, Los Angeles, California; Lana Lagomarsini, Harlem, New York; Henry Lu, Houston, Texas; Vincenzo Loseto, St. Helena, California; Zubair, Chicago, Illinois; Cesar Murillo, Chicago, Illinois; Massimo Piedimonte, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Bailey Sullivan, Chicago, Illinois; Kat Turner, Los Angeles, California; Shuai Wang, North Charleston, South Carolina; and Mimi Weissenborn, Portland, Maine.
Zubair Mohajir Ethnicity
Top Chef’s Zubair Mohajir is of Indian heritage.
Religion
Top Chef contestant Zubair Mohajir is a Muslim.
Zubair Mohajir’s Instagram handle is @zubairmohajir.
