We are honored to have been reviewed by Tom Sietsema, an award-winning Washington Post food critic.
“At Celebration by Rupa Vira, the food is worth reveling in”- Tom Sietsema
The chef whose name graces Celebration by Rupa Vira in Ashburn, Va., has no formal culinary training. She learned her craft at home, back in Mumbai, where her husband, Sharad, had a habit of surprising her with unexpected guests for dinner.
“I was never angry on my husband,” says Vira, 57. Indeed, she thanks him for his support, then and now. “I want you to be famous!” she says he told her.
Tom Sietsema
Food critic for the Washington Post and James Beard award winner (“America’s Best Food Cities”)
Pic Credit: Chef Rupa Vira in her restaurant in Ashburn, Va. (Scott Suchman/for The Washington Post)
