Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained | Maneet Chauhan | TEDxNashville

What are your greatest dreams? What consumes your thoughts? Maybe you love to write, but you don't even journal because you think your life is too busy. Perhaps you love dancing, but you think you're too old to pursue it professionally so you haven't tried to explore even the smallest opportunity. Learn from Maneet Chauhan, chef, restaurateur, TV personality and author, about embracing the mantra, "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained." Take a leap, any leap, venture to take one step forward, toward your passion. From a young girl in India with dream of being a chef to her successful culinary career including a role on one of today’s hottest cooking shows, Chauhan’s risks have reaped great reward. She encourages you to steal her mantra and never look back!

Chef Maneet Chauhan is the executive chef and co-owner of Chauhan Ale & Masala House and co-owner of Mantra Artisan Ales in Nashville, TN. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Chauhan worked in some of the finest hotels in India before the start of her professional career in America. Chef Chauhan is most recently known for her work on Food Network’s “Chopped” where she sits on the permanent panel of judges and is a James Beard Award for Excellence recipient. She wrote a cookbook, "Flavors of My World." Heavily lauded by print and broadcast media in the United States and abroad, Chef Chauhan has been featured in publications such as "Bon Appétit," "Food & Wine," "New York Times," "USA Today," and more. Her television appearances include “TODAY,” “The View”, “CBS This Morning,” “Iron Chef” and “Next Iron Chef.” Locally, Chef Chauhan was the 2016 Event Chair for March of Dimes Signature Chef Auction and selected as one of The Nashville Business Journal’s 40 under 40 list.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx