Garima Arora is the Chef-Owner of Restaurant Gaa and the Indian Eatery & Wine Bar, HERE, in Bangkok, Thailand. She is also the founder of Food Forward India; a not-for-profit initiative aiming to explore and catalogue the immense diversity of the cuisines of India.

Her passion for the culinary world began in her family's humble kitchen in Mumbai. Having studied to be a journalist, Arora made the switch to the culinary world with a short cooking stint in Paris, France. Since then, she has worked in some of the top kitchens of the world to eventually open Restaurant Gaa on 1 April, 2017.

Today Arora is known for applying traditional Indian cooking techniques onto locally sourced ingredients to create an experience that is completely unique to her cooking at Gaa. She is a strong advocate for the relevancy and resourcefulness of Indian cooking techniques.

In 2018, Arora became the first Indian female chef to earn a Michelin star at the age of 32. In the following year, she was voted as Asia’s Best Female Chef 2019 while her restaurant Gaa officially entered the ranks of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, debuting at No. 16 with the Highest New Entry Award. Gaa is currently ranked at No. 46 on the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2020 list. In 2022, Arora was the winner of MICHELIN Guide Young Chef Award.