Namrata Sundaresan was born an Odia and moved to ChennaiinTamil Nadu after getting married.[1] She built her career through founding an international consulting agency.[1] Sundaresan learnt how to make cheese in Coonoor and then discussed with her friend Anuradha Krishnamoorthy becoming cheesemakers and employing disabled women.[2] They set up the artisanal cheese producers Käse and their social entrepreneurship led to winning the Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2017.[1] The awards were made to on International Women's Day in 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Women and Child Development[3] by the President of India. The award is the highest award for women in India.[4]
Sundaresan is a self-taught chef.[5] She began cooking Peruvian food in 2017 for a supper club organised by Arundhati Balachandran and Suneethi Raj of LocalXO.[6] She visited the Gourmet Bazaar in Coimbatore with her cheeses in 2019.[7] By 2020, she had cooked 25 dinners and the group planned a new series with Sundaresan making dishes from her favourite cookbooks.[5]
