Culinary Events & Offerings

LAUNCHPAD “CHAAT” DINNER
CHEF BIJU THOMAS

AUGUST 22 at 6:00

Join Ah Haa for a formal, plated, eight-course South Asian “Chaat” dinner on the Sky Deck by guest Chef Biju Thomas. This upscale seated dinner in Ah Haa’s top-floor event space includes wine pairings with each course. An annual fundraiser for Ah Haa School for the Arts programming, your participation helps keep classes accessible to the entire community, including Locals’ Lunches and Seasonal Suppers.

According to Chef Biju, “Chaat” is less a specific dish and more of a feeling you get with each bite. A joyful layering of textures and temperatures, a perfect bite will be slightly sweet, salty, crunchy, warm and cold, all at the same time – leaving you wanting more. From Pappadams and Samosas, to Jeweled Rice, Dal and Tandoori-spiced dishes, Chef Biju will combine South Asian flavors, spices and techniques with Colorado “frontier” ingredients. Selected, elevated wine pairings will accompany each course. 

Biju will also teach two classes: South Asian Curries & Everyday Chutneys on 8/19 and The Feed Zone: Performance Food That Travels on 8/20.

RESERVE YOUR LAUNCHPAD DINNER SEATS HERE 

A professional chef known for light, simple dishes bursting with bold flavors, Chef Biju has designed the menus of many successful restaurants in Denver and Boulder, and launched his own restaurant, Biju’s Little Curry Shop, in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood. He now hosts “The Road Less Eaten,” an OutsideTV show that brings outdoor adventure-loving friends to their home towns in search of good times and their town’s best apres eats. Biju has been a chef for pro-cycling teams, and is co-author of The Feedzoone cookbooks. He recently relocated to the mountain biking mecca of Bentonville, Arkansas.