It was founded in 1977 by Bhagwati Amin after the Gujarati delicacies she made became popular among her neighborhood families and local grocers.
To meet the growing demand, Bhagwati and her husband, Arvind, began working on what is today Deep Foods Inc.
In 1981, Arvind resigned from his accounting job to assist Bhagwati full time at Deep Foods.
[3] Around 2009, they launched their Tandoor Chef line of frozen food products, designed to appeal to non-Indian customers.
[10] They launched a fast-casual restaurant chain in New York City in 2015, which offers a Chipotle-style ordering menu for Indian cuisine.