Category: Inspiring Desi of the Day (Page 17 of 21)

Chef Shankar Krishnamurthy: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 3, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Chef turned entrepreneur Shankar Krishnamurthy is a veteran of the food and catering industry with over 25 years of rich and varied international experience. In his years of being in the food and catering industry, he has worked as a chef in culinary hotspots like Delhi, and Mumbai and later turned a restaurateur in Hyderabad catering under Voila F9 gourmet. Shankar latest venture is his online academy- shankarkrishamurthy.academy is his way of giving back to the society. Every recipe, every course featured in this Academy, are his indigenous creations with a twist of his own that has evolved over a period of time. He has spent years and years in pursuit of the magic that transforms food into a form of delectable art.

Chef Surjan Singh: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 2, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Surjan Singh, fondly known as Chef Jolly, is a celebrated Indian chef who has been a Chef Judge for Master Chef India, a TV Chef Anchor, Culinary consultant, with over three decades in the hospitality industry. He has also been nominated to join the prestigious International Taste Institute of Brussels as a Chef Juror.

Chef Jolly loves to travel & has been on endless expeditions to explore the nuances of authentic and traditional cuisines. He has also had personal tutorials from the nobility and royal court kitchens.

Chef Jolly has worked with some of the finest properties across the world & has been in charge of elite events from A-list parties to celebrity weddings.

Chef Suresh Pillai: Inspiring Desi of the Day

November 1, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Suresh Pillai, commonly known as Chef Pillai, is an Indian-born British chef and restaurateur. He worked as chef de partie, sous-chef, and chef de cuisine at various restaurants in London for 14 years, including Veeraswamy and Gymkhana. He holds British citizenship. In 2017, he contested in the British reality TV show MasterChef: The Professionals on BBC Two. He returned to India to become the corporate chef and culinary director of The Raviz. He also started his own restaurant chain branded Restaurant Chef Pillai.

Chef Chalapathi Rao: Inspiring Desi of the Day

October 31, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Chef Chalapathi Rao fondly known in the culinary world as Chef Challu, is now renowned globally for his culinary skills and his exceptionally high personal standards. He is constantly reinventing his age-old recipes to provide evolved culinary experience to the restaurant’s patrons. With a long and successful tenure of over 15 years with ITC Hotels, he was the Chief Custodian for “Dakshin” pan India. Recently he donned the hat of the eminent judge of first ever Master Chef India – Telugu.

Chef Anurudh Khanna: Inspiring Desi of the Day

October 30, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Executive chef Anurudh Khanna has over 22 years of experience working in hotels such as Hyatt Regency, The Taj Mahal hotel New Delhi, The Park New Delhi, The Westin Pune and Shangri-La Bangalore. Currently he is handling the role of multi property executive chef for The Westin Gurgaon and The Westin Sohna. With a unique blend of creative flair and a passion for food, strong business sense and engaging interpersonal skills, he has a strong record of streamlining operations and improving service while preserving the highest levels of quality.

Chetna Makan: Inspiring Desi of the day

October 29, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Chetna Makan was born in Jabalpur, an ancient city in central India. She has a degree in fashion and worked in Mumbai as a fashion designer before moving to the UK in 2003. Chetna reached the semi-final of The Great British Bake Off in 2014, and her first book, The Cardamom Trail, is a celebration of baking with Indian flavors. She has a very popular YouTube channel ‘Food with Chetna’ where she shares her creative flair for food. Her other books, also published by Mitchell Beazley, include Chai, Chaat & Chutney, Chetna’s Healthy Indian, and Chetna’s Healthy Indian Vegetarian.

Maneet Chauhan: Inspiring Desi of the day

October 28, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Maneet Chauhan is an Indian American chef and television personality. Previously the executive chef of several notable restaurants in Chicago, Nashville, and New York, she is featured as a judge on Chopped on the Food Network. She has appeared on The Next Iron Chef, on The View on ABC, Iron Chef America, the Today show on NBC, and as a judge on the finale of Worst Cooks in America on Food Network. She has also won the 2021 Food Network competition Tournament of Champions.

Roni Mazumdar: Inspiring Desi of the Day

October 27, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Roni Mazumdar, with partner Chef Chintan Pandya, is the innovative restaurateur behind Unapologetic Foods which owns and operates Adda Indian Canteen, Dhamaka, Semma, Rowdy Rooster, Masalawala & Sons and soon to come Kebabwala. These restaurants and food brands have set the New York City scene on fire. Roni’s philosophy of business is continually met with a mind for philanthropy and community. He’s involved with Accion, one of the leading global nonprofits; and contributed a dish to Leyla Moushabeck’s The Immigrant Cookbook. Roni **is part of City Harvest’s Food Council helping spread awareness of the organization’s mission of raising funds in donating high quality food to help feed hungry New Yorkers, and No Kid Hungry whose mission is to end childhood hunger.

Madhura Bachal: Inspiring Desi of the Day

October 26, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

Madhura Bachal is a pioneer of Maharashtrian cuisine in the digital world. The young woman took a leap of faith back in 2009 when she started the very first YouTube channel dedicated to Maharashtrian cuisine. Over the years, Madhura has gained a following of over 4 million subscribers on her Marathi YouTube channel alone. Across different platforms, over 7 million people follow Madhurasrecipe. Madhurasrecipe was the first Marathi YouTube channel to have crossed 4 million subscribers. This channel boasts of over 3,000 unique recipes with cumulative millions of views. While these recipes are largely Maharashtrian, Madhura has mastered almost any dish you can imagine, from international cuisine to desi street food.

Rohini Dey: Inspiring Desi of the Day

October 25, 2023 / Zeeshan Zaidi / 0 Comments

As founder, owner and culinary director of Vermilion, Rohini oversees the operations and culinary evolution of her restaurants and leads both her kitchen teams. She also writes a series on restaurants “From the Gut” for Chicago Sun Times and Huffington Post.

Since inception, Vermilion has been acclaimed as “Best New Restaurant” by Chicago Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Town & Country, USA Today, Bon Appetit, Wine Enthusiast, 3 stars Tribune among others. For it’s pioneering cuisine, woman-led team and Rohini’s entrepreneurial journey she and Vermilion have been profiled in The Financial Times, Time, Oprah Magazine, Fortune, FSB, Business Week, Esquire, Crain’s, Sante, Shelter, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BBC World, CBS News, NBC, Business Today among others. Rohini was awarded the “Woman of Distinction” award by Children’s Hope, Woman of Distinction by Varli Culinary awards, and “Entrepreneur of the year – India” by the City of Chicago. Rohini was selected by the Economic Times as one of the thirteen “Overseas Indians who set to shine even more in 2013.” She is on the National Advisory Board of the James Beard Foundation and a member of the American Chef Corps of the US State Department Diplomacy Culinary initiative.