“Whenever I travel and I’m alone, I get up around 6am, and I go out to the local market just to really see the city when it’s waking up.”
“I love to let people do what they do best. It’s all about giving people the tools to let them create.”
Akasha Richmond
Chef
Akasha Richmond has two great loves: food and travel. Her namesake restaurant, AKASHA, draws inspiration from her trips through North Africa, Australia, Italy, India, Mexico–wherever her stomach takes her. The acclaimed Los Angeles-based chef has been doing ‘sustainable’ and ‘ethical’ long before it became part of LA’s culinary zeitgeist. Since opening her restaurant in 2008, Akasha has been Included in LA Weekly’s ’99 Essential LA Restaurants’, featured in Food & Wine, and appeared on Food Network and Access Hollywood. She’s a favorite of LA’s glitterati set, and the former personal chef to celebrities including Barbara Streisand and Michael Jackson. Her cookbook Hollywood Dish has over 150 healthy recipes designed to bring her A-list recipes to the rest of us.
Akasha’s name means “intangible spirit” and she has literally sourced ingredients and flavors from all over the world. When she’s not experimenting in the kitchen, you can find Akasha planning her next travel adventure, always with food in mind.