BY THE END OF SLIDES YOU WILL GET TO KNOW DIFFERENT CHEF AROUND THE WORLD AND INDIA

1. TOP CHEF AROUND THE
WORLD

2. Michelin starred chef
• A Michelin starred chef is a head chef who is awarded 1 to 3 stars in the Guide Rouge by
Michelin.
• Michelin is a tyre producing company issuing a restaurant guide each year.
• Back in 1900 the company started to issue a restaurant guide to give recommendations
to car owners in France, then Belgium, other countries followed. In 1909, an English
version was available.
• Listing only restaurants worth a stop, Michelin began to award fine dining restaurants
with a star (which looks rather like a flower) in the 20s and introduced a three star
ranking in the 30s which was defined in 1936 as the following:
• 1 star "A very good restaurant in its category"
• 2 stars "Excellent cooking, worth a detour"
• 3 stars "Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey"
• A Michelin star is bound to the head chef of that restaurant and is valid for approx
1 year until the next issue is released or the head chef leaves the restaurant.

3. CHEF GORDON JAMES RAMSAY
• Gordon James Ramsay is a
British chef, restaurateur, writer
and television personality.
• He was born in Scotland, and
raised in England.
• His restaurants have been
awarded 16 Michelin stars in
total and currently hold a total
of seven.

4. CHEF THOMAS KELLER
• Thomas Keller is an American
chef, restaurateur, and cookbook
writer.
• COOKING STYLE- FRENCH
• He and his landmark Napa Valley
restaurant, The French Laundry
in Yountville, California, have
won multiple awards

5. CHEF JAMES TREVER OLIVER
• James Trevor Oliver is a British
chef and restaurateur.
• COOKING STYLE- ITALIAN,
BRITISH
• He is known for his
approachable cuisine, which has
led him to front numerous
television shows and open many
restaurants.

6. CHEF MARCO PIERRE WHITE
• Marco Pierre White is a British
chef, restaurateur, and television
personality.
• White has been dubbed the first
celebrity chef, and the enfant
terrible of the UK restaurant
scene.
• In 1994, at age 32, White
became both the youngest chef
and the first British chef to be
awarded three Michelin stars.

7. CHEF WOLFGANG JOHANNES PUCK
• Wolfgang Johannes Puck is an
Austrian-American chef,
restaurateur, and actor. Born in
Austria
• COOKING STYLE- FUSION AND
FRENCH
• opening his first restaurant,
Spago, in 1982

8. CHEF PAUL BOCUSE
• Paul Bocuse was a French chef
based in Lyon who was known
for the high quality of his
restaurants and his innovative
approaches to cuisine.
• COOKING STYLE- NOUVELLE
CUISINE

9. CHEF ALAIN DUCASSE
• Alain Ducasse is a French-born
chef.
• COOKING STYLE- FRENCH
• He operates a number of
restaurants including Alain
Ducasse at The Dorchester
which holds three stars in the
Michelin Guide.

10. CHEF HESTON BLUMENTHAL
• Heston Marc Blumenthal is a
British celebrity chef.
• He is the proprietor of The Fat
Duck in Bray, Berkshire, one of
five restaurants in Great Britain
to have three Michelin stars

11. CHEF ANTHONY MICHAEL BOURDAIN
• Anthony Michael Bourdain
was an American celebrity
chef, author
• COOKING STYLE- FRENCH

12. CHEF MASSIMO BOTTURA
• Massimo Bottura is an Italian
restaurateur
• The chef patron of Osteria
Francescana, a three-Michelin-
star restaurant based in
Modena, Italy.

13. CHEF MAURO CALAGRECO
• Mauro Colagreco is an Italian
Argentine chef at the three-
Michelin stars restaurant
Mirazur in Menton, France.

14. CHEF MICHEL GUERARD
• Michel Guérard is a French chef,
author, one of the founders of
nouvelle cuisine

15. CHEF SANJEEV KAPOOR
• Sanjeev Kapoor is an Indian
celebrity chef, entrepreneur and
television personality.
• Kapoor stars in the TV show
Khana Khazana, which is the
longest running show of its kind
in Asia
• It broadcasts in 120 countries
and in 2010 had more than 500
million viewers.

16. CHEF VIKAS KHANNA
• Vikas Khanna is an Indian
Michelin star Chef, restaurateur,
cookbook writer, filmmaker and
humanitarian.
• He is one of the judges of Star
Plus series MasterChef India. He
is based in New York City

17. CHEF GAGGAN ANAND
• Gaggan Anand is an Indian chef
and the owner and executive
chef of the progressive Indian
restaurant Gaggan in Bangkok,
Thailand.

18. INDIAN CHEFS

19. CHEF VINEET BHATIA
• Vineet Bhatia is a popular
London-based Indian celebrity
chef
• joined the Oberoi Hotel
Group as a trainee in 1988
• RESTAURANTS- RASOI, ZIYA…….

20. CHEF KUNAL KAPOOR
• Kunal Kapur is an Indian
celebrity chef and restaurateur
known for hosting and judging
MasterChef India.
• he began his career around 2000
with the Taj Group of Hotels.

21. CHEF PARVINDER S. BALI
• Parvinder S. Bali is Programme
Manager, Culinary Services, at
the Oberoi Center of Learning
and Development (OCLD)

22. CHEF ATUL KOCHHAR
• British-based indian chef,
restaurateur and television
personality
• started his career in 1993, at the
prestigious Oberoi hotel group in
India.

23. CHEF ALFRED PRASAD
• Alfred Prasad is credited with
elevating the reputation of
British Indian food with his
delicate treatment of fresh,
seasonal produce.
• Became the youngest Indian
chef to receive a Michelin star at
the age of twenty-nine
• Started with ITC group

24. CHEF MANJIT GILL
• Manjit Gill is an Indian chef of
Punjabi origin.
• He is currently serving as the
President of the Indian Federation
of Culinary Associations.
• He is also one of the corporate
chefs for ITC Hotels.
• Graduated from IHM PUSA and
later selected by the Oberoi School
of Hotel Management as a kitchen
management trainee

25. CHEF HARPAL SINGH SOKHI
• Harpal Singh Sokhi is a celebrity
chef from India.
• launched his own chain – The
Funjabi Tadka – in 2013.
• He has hosted the cooking show
Turban Tadka, and is the Director
of Turban Tadka Hospitality.
• He started his career as a trainee
cook at THE OBEROI in
Bhubaneswar.

26. CHEF IMITIAZ QUERSHI
• Imitiaz 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.

27. CHEF GARIMA ARORA
• Garima Arora is an Indian chef.
In November 2018, she became
the first Indian woman to win a
Michelin star.
• studied at le cordon bleu at
Paris
• worked with Gordon Ramsay

28. CHEF AJAY CHOPRA
• Ajay Chopra is an Entrepreneur,
Chef, Consultant, Judge on
MasterChef India.
• Ajay started his career at Cecil
Oberoi, Shimla
• joined the finest culinary and
management training program
at the Oberoi Center for
Learning and Development
(OCLD) and emerged a gold
medallist.

29. CHEF MANISH MEHROTRA
• was recently on Master Chef
India 2015 as the Guest Chef
• started his career by getting
selected as the Kitchen
Management Trainee for the
Taj Group of Hotels
• he designed the
contemporary Indian menu of
Indian Accent, at The Manor,
New Delhi.

30. RANVEER BRAR
• Ranveer Brar is an Indian
celebrity chef, TV show judge
• Studied at IHM LUCKNOW
• began his career at the Taj
Mahal Hotel

31. SARANSH GOILA
• Saransh Goila is an Indian chef
who won Food Food Maha
Challenge.
• He is the founder of a popular
Mumbai based restaurant 'Goila
Butter Chicken' and author of
the acclaimed food travelogue
'India on my Platter’.
• Studied at IHM Aurangabad

32. NITA MEHTA
• Nita Mehta is an Indian celebrity
chef, author, restaurateur and
media personality
• Mehta has authored more than
400 cookbooks of which 6
million copies have been sold
worldwide
• runs a culinary academy known
as Nita Mehta Culinary
Academy in New Delhi,

33. CHEF PUJA DHINGRA
• Pooja Dhingra is an Indian pastry
chef and businesswoman.
• She opened in India's first
macaron store and is the owner
of bakery chain Le15 Patisserie
• attend a hospitality and
management course at
Switzerland.
• Three years later, she began
training at Le cordon bleu in
Paris.

34. CHEF VIVEK SINGH
• Vivek Singh is an Indian British
celebrity chef, restaurateur, and
media personality known for his
innovative take on Indian
cuisine.
• Studied at IHM Pusa
• started his career by getting
selected as the Kitchen
Management Trainee for Oberoi
Centre for Learning and
Development

35. CHEF VICKY RATNANI
• Studied at IHM Mumbai
• Having been around the world 7
times on board and helped him
evolve as a person and chef.
• became the Chef-de-Cuisine for
Britannia Restaurant & Kitchen-
the largest restaurant at sea.

36. CHEF SANJAY THUMMA
• Sanjay Thumma popularly
known as Vah-Chef is an Indian
chef and founder of the cooking
website, vahrehvah.com.
• Studied at IHM Hyderabad
• online recipe channel on you
tube which he started in 2007,
with over 100 million hits.

37. CHEF SUVIR SARAN
• Suvir Saran is a chef,
cookbook author, educator as
well as a farmer who
specializes in bringing Indian
cooking to the American
kitchen.

38. CHEF KUMAR MAHADEVAN
• Kumar Mahadevan is an Indian
chef, restaurateur and media
personality, based in Australia.
• He is often referred in Sydney's
dining circles as the "Guru of
Indian cuisine".
• Started his career with the Taj
mahal palace hotel in Mumbai

39. CHEF RITU DALMIA
• Ritu Dalmia is an Indian celebrity
chef and restaurateur.
• Known for: Italian cuisine
• Dalmia is a lesbian

40. CHEF HARI NAYAK
• Hari Nayak is an Indian chef and
food industry executive.
• Graduated from welcome group
• Joined ITC hotel as kitchen
management trainee
• then graduated from culinary
institute of America

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