Garima Arora

At a glance

Garima Arora leads the cooking at Gaa. Graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Paris, worked at Noma and became sous-chef at Gaggan in 2016. Opened Gaa in Bangkok after an earlier career in journalism.[1] [2] [3]

Cooking & identity

Ingredient-led contemporary Indian cooking, informed by training in Paris, Copenhagen and Bangkok.[2] [3] [1]

Why this profile is included

The archived Gaa × PRU Dining Series provides named evidence of collaboration; its older dates remain visible rather than being discarded.[4]

Connected restaurant / chef: Gaa

Recent developments

1. 2019-08-21

   Announced programme: An archived MICHELIN Dining Series collaboration; the historical location is retained for this event.[4]

Collaborations & guest appearances

1 collaboration project · 0 within the two-year research window

Projects are deduplicated: multiple nights, venues or reports do not automatically become separate collaborations. Food-and-drink events and shared festival appearances are labelled by format.

1. Four handsScheduled date passed · announcement

   Garima Arora / Gaa × Jimmy Ophorst / PRU

   • 2019-08-21 — 2019-08-22
     Gaa · historical Lang Suan venue · Bangkok
     Scheduled date passed · announcement

   Participants / partners
   Garima Arora / Gaa · Jimmy Ophorst / PRU

   An archived MICHELIN Dining Series collaboration; the historical location is retained for this event.[4]

Career & milestones

1. 2010; 2016

   Graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Paris, worked at Noma and became sous-chef at Gaggan in 2016.[1] [2]

2. 2017

   Opened Gaa in Bangkok after an earlier career in journalism.[1] [2]

Recognition over time

Restaurant ratings and individual honours are listed separately. Editorial profiles are labelled as coverage.

1. 2019

   Asia’s Best Female Chef · Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants[5]

Sources & dates

Public evidence reviewed through 2 November 2026. Older projects are retained; private or undated engagements may be absent.

1. cntraveller.in · Garima Arora · career ↗Published 2017-08-23 · Checked 2026-11-02
2. Tatler Asia · Gaa · restaurant and team profile ↗Checked 2026-11-02
3. MICHELIN · Gaa · MICHELIN restaurant entry ↗Checked 2026-11-02
4. MICHELIN · MICHELIN · archived event dates ↗Checked 2026-11-02
5. Tatler Asia · Garima Arora · recognition ↗Checked 2026-11-02