An Evening with Chef Asma Khan and Doma Wang
Date: 19 August 2025
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Venue: KCC Amphitheatre
Kolkata Centre for Creativity presents an inspiring evening featuring two remarkable culinary voices: Asma Khan, founder of London’s acclaimed Darjeeling Express and celebrated for bringing Bengali home‑style cooking to the world stage, and Doma Wang, a trailblazing chef, restaurateur, and founder of The Blue Poppy. This conversation invites food lovers to taste the stories behind the plates — from migration and heritage to innovation and feminism in the kitchen.
Asma Khan’s journey from a pop-up supper club to being featured on Chef’s Table highlights the power of food to preserve cultural memory and empower women. In dialogue with her, Doma Wang brings her decades worth experience of the rich flavours of Tibetan, Chinese, and Nepali cuisine. Together, they will reflect on the evolution of recipes, the challenges and joys of women-led kitchens, and how Kolkata’s flavours continue to inspire and unite across generations.
Join us as we bridge generations and geographies through food, storytelling, and shared values.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Indian-born British restaurateur Asma Khan is a celebrated chef and activist whose Michelin Guide restaurant Darjeeling Express in London is known for its revolutionary all-women kitchen and grassroots ethos. A vocal advocate for food justice and gender equality, Khan is the first British chef featured on Netflix’s Chef’s Table and has appeared on Celebrity MasterChef and Top Chef. Named among TIME’s 100 most influential people in 2024, she is a UN World Food Programme Chef Advocate and the first patron of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation. A PhD in British Constitutional Law, she continues to elevate seasonal Indian home cooking through her books and television work, including the upcoming Secrets of the Curry Kitchen.
Doma Wang, fondly known as the “Momo Queen”, is a trailblazing chef, restaurateur, and founder of The Blue Poppy. For over three decades, she has championed the rich flavors of Tibetan, Chinese, and Nepali cuisine, earning prestigious awards and nationwide acclaim. A devoted mother and inspiring entrepreneur, Doma’s journey of single-handedly raising two daughters while building a culinary legacy continues to uplift and empower countless women.
