Sabrina Gidda has appeared on BBC’s Great British Menu, Celebrity Masterchef, Saturday Kitchen, Back in Time for Dinner, Saturday James Martin and Sunday Brunch. Her recipes have featured in GQ, The Mayfair Times, The Sunday Times and Olive Magazine. She champions women in food, drink and hospitality with an eclectic, global approach to cooking.
Tarun Kapoor, based in Atlanta, is currently an Executive Chef at Sodexo, bringing experience from previous roles at Bon Appétit Management Company, Bon Appetit Food Management Inc., Mint Indian Bistro and Addison group. Tarun Kapoor holds a 2004 – 2007 MBA in Human resource and operations from IMT Ghaziabad. He is the winner of Culinary Awards: MasterChef 2010 & Chef of the Year 2011 (WACS – India. Tarun is also an accredited Culinary Judge by World Associations of Chef Societies (WACS – International), and winner of Senior Chef Category Qatar 2013
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.
Biswajit is a chef hailing from Odisha, who made his mark on the culinary world as a contestant in MasterChef season 7. Biswajit’s journey in the world of food began with working at various prestigious five-star properties in cities like Hyderabad, Bangalore, and even expanding his culinary expertise to Thailand. In 2018, Biswajit finally realized his lifelong dream of opening his own restaurant, which he aptly named “Breathe by Biswajit.” This venture became the manifestation of his culinary passion, and through it, he sought to bring his innovative and traditional Odia flavors to the world.
Natasha Gandhi is an Indian celebrity Chef. Natasha is the founder of a healthy, gluten -free & vegan desserts brand, House of Millets. Prior to this, Natasha Gandhi was one of the top 5 contestants on Master Chef India Season 6, a culinary reality show that aired prime time on Star Plus. She hosts various virtual masterclasses and curates online content for her audience to gauge insights from.
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 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.
Sanjay Thumma popularly known as Vah-Chef, is an Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, restaurateur and television personality. He is the founder of the cooking website, vahrehvah.com. He is especially popular among the Indie-expatriate communities in mainland India. He became known for his online recipe channel on YouTube, which he started in 2007, with over 750 million views. He is one of the three judges in the first season of MasterChef India – Telugu.
Amninder Sandhu is no ordinary chef. “The girl with gold in her fingers” (that’s what legendary chef Marco Pierre White called her) continues to push boundaries of regional Indian food with her unquenchable curiosity and a profound interest in reviving lost recipes. After creating the first gas-free kitchen in the country at Mumbai’s Arth, Sandhu went on to conquer international platforms with The Final Table, a Netflix series, breached new frontiers with a comfort Indian delivery brand Ammu and even launched a terrace bar and kitchen in Pune named Nora. At her newest restaurant Bawri in Goa, Sandhu creates beautiful yet simplistic dishes squeezing every ounce of flavour from carefully selected ingredients.
A philanthropist, an educator and mentor to young Chefs, this dynamic Chef-entrepreneur is the founder member of prominent Indian Chef’s associations – IFCA, WICA (West India), SICA (South India) – and is also a member of and mentor in the Indian Culinary Federation (ICF). Promoting sustainable food and slow food brings him on the global Slow Food alliance – Craft Chef’s Guild. Featured prominently in all contemporary electronic and print media – Fat ya Fit Chef (CNN-IBN), a culinary judge on MasterChef India, among others – Chef Saby has wowed audiences with his new age cookery show – The Urban Cook (Zee Khanna Khazana, which is now Living Foodz). Chef Saby is the only recipient of the most coveted National Tourism Award, for “Best Chef of India”, awarded by the President of India.