Manish Mehrotra

Chef Manish Mehrotra

Chef Manish Mehrotra, celebrity Chef from India
Born (1974-01-20) 20 January 1974[1]
Patna, India[1]
Education Diploma in Hotel Management
Website chefmanishmehrotra.com

Culinary career

Cooking style Indian cuisine

Manish Mehrotra is among the best Chefs in India. He has won several awards including Foodistan, a television cooking game show by NDTV GoodTimes,[2][3][4][5][6] Vir Sanghvi Award, Best Chef of 2010 & 2012, HT City Crystal Awards, American Express Best Chef of the Year.[7] He was recently on Master Chef India 2015 as the Guest Chef, and has been inducted into The Order Of Escoffier Disciples. Manish Mehrotra, is the Corporate Chef, Luxury Dining for 'Old World Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.' and heads the kitchens of Indian Accent in New Delhi, Oriental Octopus in New Delhi and Lavasa. Indian Accent has been awarded the 'S. Pellegrino Best Restaurant in India' by Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2016 for the second consecutive year. TripAdvisor has also ranked it the No. 1 Restaurant in India. Indian Accent has recently opened at Le Parker Meridien, New York.

He calls his cooking style "modern Indian cuisine," and as “Indian food with an international accent,” or the other way around.[8][9] He participated in the 2011 Gourmet Summit in Singapore, being the only Indian Chef to be invited.[10] Manish has also been called the most exciting modern Indian chef in the world today.

Early life and education

He was born in Patna, Bihar and spent most of his childhood in Patna.[11] He did his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, Patna[12] and hotel management from Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai.[12] Deciding to opt for hotel management was a conscious decision for Mehrotra and during the course he developed extreme liking for food production.

Career

He started his career by getting selected as the Kitchen Management Trainee for the Taj Group of Hotels, where he mastered the art of pan Asian cuisine. Manish Mehrotra joined Old World Hospitality’s Oriental Octopus (the very popular members’ restaurant at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre) and travelled across Asia to train in Pan Asian Cuisine. In 2009, he designed the path-breaking contemporary Indian menu of Indian Accent, at The Manor, New Delhi. The restaurant serves Indian food for the twenty first century with a unique marriage of global ingredients and techniques with the flavours and traditions of India. Manish’s creativity is showcased by the unique amalgamation of the freshest local produce combining home style nostalgic tastes with unusual ingredients from across the world.

References

  1. 1 2 "Chef Manish Mehrotra an Introduction and Interview". Indianfoodfreak.com. 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  2. ↑ Manish Mehrotra wins 'Foodistan' - Yahoo News India
  3. ↑ Vir Sanghvi
  4. ↑ A delicious victory - The Hindu
  5. ↑ Indian Chef Manish Mehrotra wins 'Foodistan'
  6. ↑ Foodistan Episode 26: Grand Finale Video: NDTV.com
  7. ↑ The National Critics Choice - Master Chef Manish Mehrotra
  8. ↑ Delhi's top 10 restaurants - | Photo10 | India Today |
  9. ↑ Postcard From Tom: Indian Accent, a jewel box of a restaurant in New Delhi - Washington Post
  10. ↑ World Gourmet Summit 2011
  11. ↑ ANOOTHI VISHAL, May 17, 2010, 12.00am IST (2010-05-17). "Duck confit musallam - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  12. 1 2 "Kitchen King". Telegraphindia.com. 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2013-11-02.


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