The renowned American-Indian cook and TV personality, AartiSequeira, was born on August 19th, 1978, in Mumbai, India. Her full name is Aarti Lucica Sequeira and she gained her fame as she earned the first place/winner of the sixth season of the TV reality show, The Next Food Network Star, which was broadcasted from the Food Network channel. She had been a CNN news producer earlier, and now after gaining recognition by winning the cooking show, she has her cooking variety online show called AartiPaarti. Her cooking style is based on Indian cuisine.