Preeti Mistry
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Preeti Mistry | |
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| Born | London, England |
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Preeti Mistry is a London-born Californian chef. They were a former contestant on Top Chef: Las Vegas (2009)[1] and a James Beard Foundation nominee twice for “Best Chef of the West” in 2017 and 2018.[2][3][4] Mistry was the owner of the former Juhu Beach Club (2012–2017), in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, California.[5][6]
Mistry graduated from Le Cordon Bleu, and early in their career they worked at Peter Gordon’s Sugar Club in London.[2] They are queer and nonbinary, using the pronouns they/them.[7]
In 2021, Mistry launched a podcast, Loading Dock Talks with Preeti Mistry.[8] In 2025, they won a James Beard Award for their podcast episode "Cream Pie with Telly Justice" in the Audio Programming category.[9]
