French-Trained Pastry Chef · Educator · Founder

Chef
Sunitha
Nair

Le Cordon Bleu · The Dorchester · Brasserie Zédel

Pastry is where precision meets feeling. I build desserts the way I believe in things — with restraint, with intention, and with the kind of detail that makes the difference between good and unforgettable.

Chef Sunitha Nair India · Building Delice by Su Chef Sunitha Nair
5+ Years in Professional Kitchens
2 Brands Built from the Ground Up
3 Michelin-Starred Environments
French Technique · Modern Expression

From Balance Sheets to Beurre Blanc

A different kind of precision.

I didn't start here. For years, my world was management accountancy and entrepreneurship — structured, analytical, number-driven. Then pastry found me. Or perhaps more honestly, I found it at a moment when I needed something that demanded both precision and feeling.

I trained at Le Cordon Bleu and moved to London, where I spent several years in some of the most demanding kitchens in the city — The Dorchester, Galvin's, and Brasserie Zédel. Each taught me something different: finesse, discipline, consistency, and above all, what it means to show up every day and care about the details that no one might even notice.

The journey wasn't smooth. There was personal loss, self-doubt, and stretches of real difficulty. Pastry became the one thing that grounded me — the one place where the work and the maker became the same thing.

I'm back in India now, building Delice by Su — a space where professional-level pastry becomes more accessible, where craft meets storytelling, and where the standards I learned in London become the foundation for something new and entirely my own.

Training

Where the craft was built.

Paris

Le Cordon Bleu

Classical French Pastry Training

London · Fine Dining

The Dorchester

1.5 Years · Pastry

London

Galvin's Kitchen

Pastry Sous Chef

London · Brasserie

Brasserie Zédel

300 Covers · Nightly Consistency

"Restraint is not limitation. It is the decision to let one perfect thing speak instead of filling every space with noise."

— Sunitha Nair, on her pastry philosophy

Learn with Sunitha

Workshops & Experiences

23 May 2025

Eggless Tea Cakes — The Art of Lightness

In-Person · Half Day · Seats Limited

Baking Fundamentals
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Private Sessions Available

Write to Me

Thoughts & Technique

Writing from the kitchen.

Essay · Technique

Why Eggless Baking Is Not a Compromise — It's a Discipline

Most bakers treat egg-free as subtraction. I've come to see it as a different kind of problem entirely — one that forces you to understand the role of every ingredient at a structural level.

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Ingredient Focus

On Brown Butter — And Why I Use It in Everything

One ingredient. One extra step. A completely different dessert.

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From London

What Brasserie Zédel Taught Me About Consistency

Three hundred covers. Same standard. Every single night.

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For workshops, collaborations, press, or just good conversation about pastry.