Kunal Kapur

Indian celebrity chef and restaurateur (born 1979) Kunal Kapur (born 18 September 1979) is an Indian celebrity 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.[citation needed] In January 2008, he was rated as "The Best Indian Chef" in New Delhi by India Today[citation needed], and he was titled as "The Next Big Guy in Kebabs and Curries in India".[citation needed]