2022 James Beard Award Finalist Nominee, (Best Chef: New York State) Ayesha Nurdjaja is the executive chef at Shuka, Vicki Freeman and Marc Meyer's Eastern Mediterranean restaurant in New York City's SoHo neighborhood, where she serves a menu of provocative dishes that highlight local, seasonal ingredients.
Known For
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Cast Credits
Kitchen Chaos (2026)
Guest starring as Chef
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Cooking and Screaming (Jul 29, 2026)
- Episode 1x04: Fiery Fails and Fury Tales (Jul 15, 2026)
- Episode 1x02: High Risk Peppers and Robotic Wreckers (Jul 8, 2026)
- Episode 1x01: Fowl and Eggsplosive (Jul 8, 2026)
TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (2026)
Guest starring as Chef
- Episode 1x14: Joel McHale, Patrick Dempsey, Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja (Jan 29, 2026)
Today with Jenna & Friends (2025)
Guest starring as Chef
- Episode 1x118: Maria Shriver, Jameela Jamil, Ayesha Nurdjaja (Jun 26, 2025)
24 in 24: Last Chef Standing (2024)
Guest starring as Guest Judge
- Episode 3x05: Shift 5: Teamwork (May 17, 2026)
Wildcard Kitchen (2024)
Guest starring as Chef
- Episode 2x06: Clash Of The Restaurant Queens (Feb 11, 2025)
Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown (2022)
Guest starring as Chef
- Episode 4x03: Holidays in the City (Nov 25, 2025)
Bobby's Triple Threat (2022)
Starring as Ayesha Nurdjaja
(19 episodes)
- Episode 5x09: Titans vs Sara Bradley (Oct 20, 2026)
- Episode 5x08: Titans vs Angelo Sosa (Oct 13, 2026)
- Episode 5x07: Titans vs Yia Vang (Oct 6, 2026)
- Episode 5x06: Titans vs Chris Oh (Sep 29, 2026)
- Episode 5x05: Titans vs Kenny Gilbert (Sep 22, 2026)
- Episode 5x04: Titans vs Danny Garcia (Sep 15, 2026)
- Episode 5x03: Titans vs Competition Legend (Sep 8, 2026)
- Episode 5x02: Titans vs Bao Bao (Sep 1, 2026)
- Episode 5x01: Titans vs Alex Stupak (Aug 25, 2026)
- Episode 4x10: Titans vs Karen Akunowicz (Nov 4, 2025)
- Episode 4x09: Titans vs Michelle Wallace (Oct 28, 2025)
- Episode 4x08: Titans vs Adrianne Calvo (Oct 21, 2025)
- Episode 4x07: Titans vs Avishar Barua (Oct 14, 2025)
- Episode 4x06: Titans vs Martel Stone (Oct 7, 2025)
- Episode 4x05: Titans vs Maneet Chauhan (Sep 30, 2025)
- Episode 4x04: Titans vs Dale Talde (Sep 23, 2025)
- Episode 4x03: Titans vs Jet Tila (Sep 16, 2025)
- Episode 4x02: Titans vs Bryan Voltaggio (Sep 9, 2025)
- Episode 4x01: Titans vs Nini Nguyen (Sep 2, 2025)
Guest starring as Judge
- Episode 2x07: Titans vs Byron Gomez (Oct 3, 2023)
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Chef
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x92: Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Melissa Chataigne, Ayesha Nurdjaja (Jan 24, 2024)
- Episode 5x183: Joel McHale, Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja (Jun 1, 2023)
Celebrity Family Feud (2015)
Guest starring as Ayesha Nurdjaja
- Episode 11x09: George Wallace vs. Lil Rel Howery and Bobby Flay vs. Carla Hall (Sep 18, 2025)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Chef
- Episode 2023-10-17: Josh Gad, Joe Pera, Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja, Fred Armisen, Jacquelene Acevedo (Oct 17, 2023)
Beat Bobby Flay (2013)
Guest starring as Ayesha Nurdjaja
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2026-08-18: Titan Takeover (Aug 18, 2026)
- Episode 2026-06-25: Tough as Nails (Jun 25, 2026)
- Episode 2026-05-28: Are We Having Fun Yet? (May 28, 2026)
Today (1952)
Guest starring as Chef
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2026-04-16: Carey Mulligan, Oscar Issac, Ayesha Nurdjaja (Apr 16, 2026)
- Episode 2025-11-13: All Star Thanksgiving 10 Year Anniversary (Nov 13, 2025)
- Episode 2025-10-23: Ben Stiller, Ayesha Nurdjaja, Katie Lee Biegel (Oct 23, 2025)
- Episode 2025-08-28: Tasha Brown, Bridget KerMorris, Jennifer Wallace, Makho Ndlovu, Ayesha Nurdjaja (Aug 28, 2025)
- Episode 2024-12-20: Inside the Game (Dec 20, 2024)
- Episode 2023-08-22: Sam Ryder, Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja (Aug 22, 2023)
- Episode 2023-05-18: Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja (May 18, 2023)