Chef Vijaya Kumar’s New York restaurant ‘Semma’ retains its Michelin Star

Chef Vijaya Kumar’s South Indian restaurant Semma in New York City has retained the prestigious Michelin star. It is the only Michelin star Indian restaurant in New York according to a spokesperson from Semma.

On the official Instagram page of Semma restaurant, Vijaya’s team shared the update by congratulating the chef.

“Congratulatory chef Vijay for maintaining the Michelin star for the third year in a row and continuing to hold the distinction of being the only Michelin-starred Indian restaurant in NYC. What an incredible achievement,” the post read.

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Chef Vijaya Kumar was born and raised in Natham, a small town in Tamil Nadu’s city of Dindigul.

He ran two restaurants in San Francisco called Dosa and Rasa. Rasa, where Vijaya worked in the Bay area closed in 2020 as a result of the pandemic.

He later collaborated with Roni Mazumdar and Chintan Pandya of Unapologetic Foods. Together, they launched Semma, a restaurant that sells authentic South Indian food.