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Chef Karan Suri: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 22, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Chef Karan Suri started his culinary career with the esteemed Oberoi Group in New Delhi in 2005 as kitchen executive. While working with their extensive collection of hotels across India, he had a brief stint in Singapore and worked alongside Michelin Star chefs while receiving training at Raffles, Ritz Carlton, and independent restaurants. n 2012, he joined Fairmont Hotels as Group Executive chef based out of the historic Fairmont Norfolk in Nairobi and oversaw a trio of properties that also included The Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club and The Fairmont Mara Safari Club. He won numerous accolades including Best Chef in Kenya (Taste Awards), and the signature restaurant at The Norfolk, Tatu was ranked in the top 101 restaurants in hotels around the world by the Daily Meal.

Chef Manish Sharma: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 20, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Manish Sharma is an Indian Executive Chef at The Oberoi, Gurgaon. Manish Sharma has also worked as an executive chef at Oberoi Udaivilas, voted as the best hotel in the world in the year 2007; as head chef and food and beverage at Oberoi Vanyavilas, rated the number one resort in Asia by Conde Naste Traveler, Readers’ Choice Awards 2007; and as senior kitchen executive at The Trident Hilton Gurgaon.

Chef Shazia Khan: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 15, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Chef Shazia Khan is a runner up from the celebrated show MasterChef India. As a celebrity Chef on FOODFOOD Channel, Chef Shazia hosts, ‘K for Kids’ which is all about experiencing happy and joyful cooking, where kids learn to cook and appreciate their moms role in the kitchen in a fun way. Shazia is also a member of the board of management, at Delhi Public School Bangalore North. They run many educational institutes in Bangalore and Shazia involves herself in the education business.

Chef Romy Gill: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 14, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Romy Gill MBE is a celebrity and renowned Indian chef, food and travel writer, and broadcaster based in the south-west of England. With a passion for culinary excellence, she first gained recognition as the owner and head chef at Romy’s Kitchen. In 2016, Romy was honored with an MBE in the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honors list.  In September 2019, she released her debut cookbook, Zaika – Vegan Recipes from India, which captivated readers with its innovative and flavorful plant-based recipes. Building on this success, Romy’s second book, On The Himalayan Trail, was published to wide acclaim in spring of 2022.

Chef Imtiaz Qureshi: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 13, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Imtiaz Qureshi is an Indian chef and the master chef at ITC Hotels, known for creating the culinary brand of Bukhara and reviving the Dum Pukht tradition of cuisine. He has served several official banquets hosted by the Prime Minister and the President of India. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to culinary art, thus making him the first chef to receive the honor. 

Hemant Bhagwani: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 12, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Hemant Bhagwani is an Indo-Canadian chef, sommelier, restaurateur, cookbook author, and entrepreneur based in Toronto. He is a culinary brand and has won several entrepreneur awards as well. Bhagwani owns 37 restaurants in Canada. A few on this list include Mumbai Frankie, elevated Indian street food that now has five outlets across the city and suburbs; Goa, Indian farm-to-table opened in 2018; Good Karma, which has fast casual Indian-inspired salads and smoothies; and a Burmese restaurant called Popa. @goafarmkitchen @popa.toronto @amayarestaurant @bombayfrankie @goanewyork @bargoato @charcoalbiryanicanada

Chef Regi Mathew: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 11, 2024 / / 0 Comments

A champion of ethnic cuisine and leading Indian chef, Regi Mathew, is Co-Owner and Culinary Director of Kappa Chakka Kandhari. He began his culinary career with Taj Group of Hotels as a Hotel Operations Management trainee and went on to become the Sous Chef at Paradise Island, Taj West End’s signature Thai Restaurant. In 2000, after eight years at Taj West End, Chef Regi moved to Chennai to work with Mr. M. Mahadevan, founder of Oriental Cuisines. He was recently awarded Chef of the Year by the Times Food Awards, Chennai (2018), which is among several accolades he has received through his career.

Chef Manisha Bhasin: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 9, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Recipient of the ‘Top 10 Chefs in Asia’ honor, Chef Manisha Bhasin has carved a niche for herself in her 30 years with ITC Hotels. She constantly endeavors to keep the originality of the cuisine, while creating new combinations & presentations. She also served as the President of Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) based at New Delhi. Manisha Bhasin started running kitchens based on the principles of sustainability long before sustainability became a buzz word. As Executive Chef she emphasized energy efficiency, recycling and green practices. She advocated the use of local ingredients when other chefs were still looking for imports. 

Chef Niven Patel: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 8, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Born in the South to traditional Indian parents, Chef Niven became inspired to cook when he was a child, composing menus for his family, and featuring dishes that he would prepare for them. He always enjoyed satisfying their taste buds as they would savor his creations. As he traveled around the world working in The Cayman Islands, The Florida Keys, and studying in Europe, Chef Niven Patel became influenced by the variety of flavors and the people who were natives of those places. The way in which local ingredients were impacted by their environment drove him to push the envelope in his farm-to-table approach to cooking. Today, Niven Patel has an eclectic portfolio of restaurants, including @gheemiami @erbamiami @mameymiami @ornomiami @alparenorestaurants

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