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List Of Indian Chefs
This is a list of Indian chefs, who are known for their work in the culinary arts and preparing various types of Indian Dish (food), dishes and recipes. Indian chefs Some of the notable Indian chefs include: * Aarti Sequeira (1978–Present) * Amit Puri (1979–Present) * Anjum Anand (1971–Present) * Chef Jolly, Surjan Singh Jolly * Chef Damodharan * Farrokh Khambata * Floyd Cardoz (1960–2020) * Gaggan Anand * Garima Arora * Harpal Sokhi * Hemant Bhagwani * Imitiaz Qureshi * Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni (1972–2012) * Karre Mastanamma * Kumar Mahadevan (1960–Present) * Kunal Kapur * M.S. Krishna Iyer * Madhur Jaffrey (1933–Present) * Maneet Chauhan (1976–Present) * Manish Mehrotra (1974–Present) * Manju Malhi * Manjunath Mural (1973–Present) * Mehboob Alam Khan * Grandpa Kitchen, Narayana Reddy * Narayanan Krishnan (1981–Present) * Nelson Wang (1950–Present) *Nilesh Limaye (1972–Present) *Nita Mehta *Pankaj Bhadouria *Rajesh Mazumder *Raji Jallepalli (1949â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chef
A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitchen. Chefs can receive formal training from an institution, as well as by apprenticing with an experienced chef. There are different terms that use the word ''chef'' in their titles, and deal with specific areas of food preparation. Examples include the ''sous-chef'', who acts as the second-in-command in a kitchen, and the ''chef de partie'', who handles a specific area of production. The kitchen brigade system is a hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, many of which use the word "chef" in their titles. Underneath the chefs are the ''kitchen assistants''. A chef's standard uniform includes a hat (called a ''toque''), neckerchief, double-breasted jacket, apron and sturdy shoes (that may include steel or plasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imitiaz Qureshi
Imtiaz Qureshi (2 February 1931 – 16 February 2024) was an Indian chef known for reviving the Dum Pukht cooking tradition and creating restaurant brands including Bukhara and Dum Pukht. He was a master chef at ITC Hotels, an Indian luxury hotel chain. Qureshi is credited with the popularization of Awadhi cuisine with some of his popular dishes including Dal Bukhara, Dum Pukht Biryani, Kakori Kebab, Warqi Paratha, and Garlic Kheer. In 2016, Qureshi received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, for his culinary contributions. He was the first chef to win this award in this category. Early life Qureshi was born on 2 February 1931 in a family of chefs in Lucknow, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (in present-day Indian state of Uttar Pradesh) of the then British India. The family traced its lineage to over 200 years when they were the chefs for the rulers of Awadh. Career Qureshi started his culinary journey with his uncle at the age of nine, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Wang
Nelson Wang (born 1950) is an Indian restaurateur of Chinese descent and the founder of China Garden, a restaurant, in Mumbai's Kemps Corner neighborhood. Various sources credit him with the invention of the popular Indian/Chinese dish "Chicken Manchurian". Personal life Wang was born in Kolkata. He is the son of a Chinese immigrant. However, within a few days of his birth, his father died, and he was sent to live with a foster family by his mother. His foster father was a chef, to whom Wang attributes his own love of cooking. Early career Wang came to Mumbai in 1974, with just ₹27 in his pocket. His first job there was in a small restaurant in Colaba. He also worked a variety of other odd jobs, including being a limbo dancer, at which he claims to be skilled. According to Wang himself, he was a cook at the Cricket Club of India, when in 1975, a customer asked him to create a new dish, different from what was available on the menu. He started by taking the basic ingredien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narayanan Krishnan
Narayanan Krishnan (born 1981) is an Indian chef-turned-social worker. Early life Krishnan was an award-winning chef with Taj Hotels, Bangalore and was short-listed for an elite job in Switzerland. After witnessing a distressing incident in 2002, he quit his job and began feeding the homeless and mentally disabled in his hometown. from CNN Career Krishnan founded the Akshaya Trust organization in 2003, which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to 425 indigent and elderly people in Madurai. He also provides haircuts and shaves to give dignity to those he serves. He was selected as one of the Top 10 in "CNN heroes 2010" list. The character Narayanan Krishnan played by Jayaprakash in the 2012 Malayalam film Ustad Hotel is based on him. Controversy In June 2014 a 23-year-old inmate who left the Akshaya Trust home alleged that she was sexually abused. The news was featured in the media. Although the Aksha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandpa Kitchen
Grandpa Kitchen is a YouTube channel established by Narayana Reddy (1946 – 27 October 2019). He was from Telangana, India. In his channel he and his grandchildren cooked large dishes of food intended for orphans, making both Indian and western dishes. Alternate link at CNN Philippines The creator's residence is near Hyderabad. Sanya Jain of NDTV described the resulting dishes as "mega-sized", and Reddy used a wood-fired flame to cook instead of a modern oven. Reddy's son operated the YouTube channel itself. Reddy's trademark clothing consisted of a dhoti and a white shirt, and he also has a white handlebar moustache. Anurag Verma of News 18 wrote that two factors that made him popular on YouTube were the donations of food and the "seemingly modest approach to cooking". History Reddy cooked large meals for members of his family, who visited from more comprehensive conurbations. He started a YouTube channel later catching from other family branches that his meals coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehboob Alam Khan
Nawab Mehboob Alam Khan is an Indian food connoisseur and culinary expert of Hyderabadi cuisine. He has restored many lost recipes of the Hyderabadi tradition. Early life Mehboob Alam Khan was born in Hyderabad in a noble family. He did his schooling at St. George's Grammar School. His father, Shah Alam Khan, was the founder of the Hyderabad Deccan Cigarette Factory, as well as an educator and eminent personality of Hyderabad. Career Mehboob Alam Khan's family owns Hyderabad Deccan Cigarette Factory in Hyderabad. He is the director of Anwar-uloom educational society. Culinary interests Mehboob Alam Khan researched on the Hyderabadi cuisine for many years. He works as a consultant for Taj Group of Hotels. He also works with the government for their state dinners, and he is the stakeholder in taj holdings He also has a chain of restaurants, MAK's Kitchens, which serves authentic Hyderabadi food. His nephew, Qutub Alam Khan, owns Chicha's, another Hyderabadi Hydera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjunath Mural
Manjunath Mural (born 10 May 1973) is the executive chef of The Song of India restaurant in Singapore and has won several awards as a chef and for The Song of India. Mural's specialty is modern Indian cuisine. Family background Born 10 May 1973, Manjunath Mural, son of Parashuram Mural, was brought up in sobar family in Mumbai, India. He lives in a family of doctors; his father, younger brother and sister are both in the medical field. His mother died of cancer when he was young. Education In 1993, Mural decided not to become a doctor and studied hotel management with specialisation in kitchen (food production) at IHMCTAN in Bangalore India. His goal was to become a room service manager. His life turning point was in 1996 during a 6-month industrial training for Taj President, a 5 star hotel situated at Cuffe Parade in Mumbai India. Working in different kitchens, his interest grew and desired to become a chef. After industrial training, he went back to college for a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manju Malhi
Manju Malhi (born c. 1972) is a British-born chef and food writer, specialising in Anglo-Indian cuisine. She was brought up in North West London where she grew up surrounded by Indian culture, traditions and lifestyles. However, she spent several years of her childhood in India where she explored and experienced the vast and varied cuisines of the country. Malhi has come up with her own self-styled "Brit-Indi" style of food, which mixes Indian and Western influences. Malhi came to prominence in 1999 when she won a competition to find a guest chef for the BBC's ''Food and Drink'' programme and cooked with Antony Worrall Thompson on the show. She was later invited back for a second appearance. Manju's ''Simply Indian'' series was aired on the Taste Network in early 2001, and this was followed by her award-winning debut book ''Brit Spice'', published in 2002 by Penguin Books. She has also made guest appearances on several other programmes, on ITV's '' This Morning'', Channel Five's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manish Mehrotra
{{Infobox chef , name = Manish Mehrotra , image = Manish Mehrotra, Culinary Director, Indian Accent Restaurants.jpg , birth_date = {{Birth date and age, df=yes, 1974, 1, 20{{cite web, author=, url=http://www.indianfoodfreak.com/2013/02/chef-manish-mehrotra/ , title=Chef Manish Mehrotra an Introduction and Interview , publisher=Indianfoodfreak.com , date=2013-02-16 , accessdate=2013-11-02 , birth_place = Patna, India , death_date = , death_place = , occupation = Chef , spouse = , style = Indian cuisine , education = Diploma in Hotel Management , ratings = , restaurants = , prevrests = , television = , awards = , website chefmanishmehrotra.com Manish Mehrotra, Corporate Chef, Indian Accent New Delhi, New York. Indian Accent offers an inventive approach to Indian cuisine. Its path breaking menu has been designed by Chef Manish Mehrotra. He reinterprets nostalgic Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maneet Chauhan
Maneet Chauhan (born 27 October 1976 in Ludhiana, Punjab) 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. Chauhan was invited by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for the Annual Easter Egg Roll Hunt 2014 to the White House. She is also an invited member of Indiaspora that hosted 100 influential Indian American leaders as part of its first Forum in September 2012. The three-day Forum events aimed to energize the community and provide a voice with which it articulated collective goals. Chef Chauhan, a Culinary Institute of America alumna, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey CBE (née Bahadur; born 13 August 1933) is an Indian-British-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook, ''An Invitation to Indian Cooking'' (1973), which was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006. She has written over a dozen cookbooks and appeared on several related television programmes, the most notable of which was ''Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery'', which premiered in the UK in 1982. She was the food consultant at the now-closed ''Dawat'', which was considered by many food critics to be among the best Indian restaurants in New York City. She was instrumental in bringing together filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant and acted in several of their films such as ''Shakespeare Wallah'' (1965), for which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunal Kapur
Kunal Kapur (born 18 September 1979) is an Indian chef and restaurateur known for hosting and judging ''MasterChef India''. Early life Kapur was born in New Delhi to a Punjabi family. He studied at St. Francis De Sales School and pursued higher education in Hotel Management from Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management Catering & Nutrition, Chandigarh. From a very early age, Kapur took a liking to cooking and pursued it to become one of the most well-known chefs in India. He trains underprivileged and unemployed youth in cooking and helps raise funds to make their own sustained food business together with United Ways Delhi. He is also passionate about automobiles, technology, travel, fashion and history. Career Having taken early lessons about cooking from his father and grandfather, he began his career around 2000 with the Taj Group of Hotels. Currently, he is the Executive Sous Chef at the Leela Kempinski in Gurgaon. In January 2008, he was rated as "The Best India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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