Category: Inspiring Desi of the Day (Page 14 of 21)

Chef Dipesh Shinde: Inspiring Desi of the Day

December 3, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Dipesh Shinde is a Mumbai-native, who since the age of 17 has worked in some of India’s most renowned restaurants including Punjab Delhi and Farzi Cafe (one of Delhi’s first modern Indian restaurants). Shinde comes from a family of chefs, and brings generations of experience to the table including his mastery of a multitude of Indian cooking techniques. Shinde has been lauded for his ability to cook classic Indian dishes as well as regional comfort food; and Kebab aur Sharab is his first U.S. restaurant.

Chef Akshat Parihar: Inspiring Desi of the Day

December 2, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Akshat Parihar is considered as one of the most popular Celebrity Chef globally. Akshat hails from Rajasthan, India. A name synonymous with quality and excellence in the gastronomical arts, Chef Akshat Parihar is a perfectionist with the reputation of being creative and passionate in his work. Working with well-established chefs throughout his career, Akshat learned the basics of numerous culinary arts and eventually mastered gastronomy before branching out to explore multiple international cuisines.

Chef Tejasvi Chandela: Inspiring Desi of the Day

December 1, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Tejasvi Chandela is one of the great promoters of Indian pastry. At just 22 years old, after training in Paris, she returned to her native Jaipur to open Dzurt in 2013, the first pastry shop in this town of more than three million inhabitants. In 2023, the chef not only managed to consolidate this business, but she also has a second space dedicated to making bean to bar chocolates called All Things.
Chandela also travels around the country and to other training centers around the world to show how compatible traditional Indian techniques and flavors are with modern European-style pastry.

Chef Saloni Mehta: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 30, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Saloni Mehta is the pastry chef and food photographer behind the Instagram account @PastryBySaloni, where she posts her drool-worthy, simple vegan baking. She is also the author of the cookbook, Vegan Baking Made Simple. Chef Saloni Mehta always knew that baking was in her future. A passion for vegan baking, an Instagram account and a “little bit of hustle” helped this ICE alumna transition from the pastry kitchens of some of Dubai’s most luxurious resorts

Chef Prasad: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 29, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

In addition to running his six restaurants, Chef Prasad leads tasting tours of India, hosts private tasting dinners, teaches cooking classes and offers his services at multiple charity events for such groups as the American Liver Institute, James Beard House, the American Red Cross, Share Our Strength, the Connecticut Food Bank and the Food Bank for New York City; he was a celebrity guest chef at Foxwoods Food & Wine Festival to benefit Johnson & Wales University. Most recently, Chef Prasad is the winner of the 2011 Elm City Iron Chef competition and has appeared on the national television show Food Network “Chopped”

Chef Vanika Choudhary: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 28, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Vanika Choudhary is the chef behind Noon, a modern Indian restaurant in Mumbai focused on foraging and fermentation, inspired by the region of Jammu and Kashmir, where she spent her childhood – ‘noon’ is the Kashmiri word for salt. Chef Choudhary orchestrates a culinary symphony by synergizing locally sourced indigenous ingredients with time-honored cooking methodologies. This distinctive approach engenders an eloquent medley of traditional Indian and global flavors, an embodiment of her culinary prowess.

Chef Santa Sarmah: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 27, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Santa Sarmah hails from Assam. Santa is a homemaker, chef, motivational speaker and 1st runner up of MasterChef India 2023. Santa Sarmah was the winner of Rengoni Grihini Superstar Season 2nd as well. Santa’s dream has been to make Assam and Gorkha food popular all across the world and she tries to make international dishes in her own Assamese style. She also has a YouTube channel @chefsantasarmah.

Chef Sijo Chandran: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 26, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Chef Sijo mastered his culinary skills as the demi chef de partie at Sheraton and Radisson Blue, Bengaluru; as chef de partie at The Leela Palace, Ritz Carlton Bengaluru and at Radisson Blue, Chennai. For chef Sijo Chandran, each plate is a blank canvas desiring to be designed and adorned with food to make a masterpiece. His Instagram handle @sijochandran is a garnishing manifesto where dishes are delicately, diligently and exquisitely plated to resemble an evocative artwork, each serving a marvel by its own.

Mohammad Yaseen Reshi: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 25, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Mohammad Yaseen Reshi, best known as Chef Yaseen. A chef from kashmir has inspired many youngesters to take this profession. He also has a cookery video blog and a website through which he remains connected to his audience. The chef has worked on different cuisines like Chinese, continental, Indian and has also done successful innovations in Kashmiri cuisine.

Sangeeta Khanna: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 24, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Sangeeta Khanna is a food and nutrition consultant and the author of the blogs Healthfood Desivideshi and Banaras ka Khana. With a masters degree in Botany, Sangeeta began her career as a research scientist studying cyanobacteria and antioxidants – way back in the 90’s. Today she finds herself not far from science but slightly detoured into the realm of nutrition, health and wellbeing. She is the voice behind the blog www.healthfooddesivideshi.com, and what brings together this “The Home & The World” concept of food is her passion for health and wellbeing.