Kaushalya Patil

Featured chef

Chef | Baker | Founder · Ample

Bangalore, India

Kaush is the chef and founder of Ample, Bangalore’s much-loved supper club. Inspired by travel, curious ingredients and bold flavours, she creates intimate multi-course dining experiences that balance comfort with surprise. Through thoughtfully plated food and shared tables, Kaush turns memorable meals into lasting conversations and new friendships.

Meet the Chef

Chef’s signature dish

Hakata-Style Tonkotsu Ramen

This dish captures how I cook at Ample: technique in service of curiosity, with enough patience to let the produce speak. The broth takes 17 hours, slowly coaxing the bones into something rich, milky and deeply flavoured. It is a reminder that the best flavours cannot be rushed; they must be extracted over time.

Like our pasta, the noodles are made in-house—it felt wrong to make one by hand and buy the other. The pork belly is rolled and braised until tender, bringing richness and balance to the bowl.

Cuisine is never my starting point. Whether I am making ramen or pasta, I begin by asking what the ingredient wants to become and how it fits with everything else on the menu. The produce and the palate decide first; the label comes later.

Seventeen hours of work, gone in fifteen minutes—that paradox is exactly why this dish defines how I cook.

Selected by Kaushalya Patil

The culinary journey

The Chef’s Story

Ample Supper Club For Kaush, food has always been about more than what arrives on the plate. It is about the conversations that unfold around a table, the excitement of discovering an unexpected flavour, and the connections that form when people share a memorable meal.

That philosophy inspired her to create Ample, an intimate supper club in Bangalore where thoughtfully prepared food brings strangers together. What began as a personal passion project soon evolved into a much-loved dining community, known for relaxed evenings, shared tables and menus that balance familiarity with surprise.

Kaush draws inspiration from her travels, culinary adventures and the ingredients she encounters along the way. Sometimes, an entire menu may begin with a single unexpected ingredient or a flavour combination she is curious to explore. Her multi-course dinners might feature handmade pasta, carefully plated savoury dishes and home-churned ice cream, each created with a focus on generosity, creativity and, above all, flavour.

Every Ample supper club is designed to feel personal and unhurried. Guests arrive as strangers, gather around the same table and often leave having formed new friendships. For Kaush, the most rewarding moments are not only when guests enjoy the food, but when they linger over dessert, continue their conversations and feel completely at home. Through Ample, Kaush has created more than a dining experience. She has built a welcoming space where bold food, genuine hospitality and great company come together.

In the kitchen

Moments & Creations

Photography: Photography: Chef Kaush

Professional role: Chef | Baker | Founder
Kitchen / brand: Ample
Based in: Bangalore, India
Signature dish: Hakata-Style Tonkotsu Ramen

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