Akasha Richmond

Akasha Richmond is one of Los Angeles' most respected women chefs and is highly skilled in several international cuisines, including Indian, Italian, Moroccan, traditional Jewish cooking and more. Her passion for organic, sustainability produced, and authentic ingredients takes her around the world to source and incorporate these ingredients into the menus at her restaurant, AKASHA.

Expertise: Chef, Author, Recipe Development, Farmers' Market Advocate

Experience: A self-taught chef, Akasha Richmond has always been inspired by the cuisines encountered on the road, connecting these flavors with influences acquired during her many international culinary explorations—India, Southeast Asia, Italy, Bali, Australia, Eastern and Western Europe, and Mexico. These inspirations helped her create AKASHA, her first restaurant, which she opened with husband Alan Schulman in 2008.

Akasha is the author of two cookbooks: "Hollywood Dish", a book filled with experiences and recipes from her time as a personal chef to the stars, was published in 2006. Her second book, "The Art of Tofu", a collection of vegetarian dishes, was published in 2012.