Ranveer Brar
| Ranveer Brar | |
|---|---|
 Chef Ranveer Brar | |
| Born |
8 February 1978 Lucknow, India |
| Education | Institute of Hotel Management, Lucknow |
| Occupation | Chef, television host |
| Website |
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Ranveer Brar (born 8 February 1978) is an Indian chef, a host/judge for TV shows and food stylist. His television shows include Breakfast Xpress, Snack Attack, Homemade, The Great Indian Rasoi,[1] Thank God It's Fryday and Health Bhi Taste Bhi. He was also one of the judges for season four of MasterChef India,[2] which is based on the British competitive cooking game show, MasterChef, alongside fellow chefs Sanjeev Kapoor and Vikas Khanna.
Early life and education
Brar was born in Lucknow, India, into a family of landlords. When fairly young, he was inspired by the local kebab vendors in Lucknow to pursue his love of food, and was also a volunteer apprentice to one of them. Eventually he joined the Institute of Hotel Management, Lucknow, for a more formal initiation into the culinary world.
Career
After completing his education at IHM, Brar began his career at the Taj Mahal Hotel.[3] In 2001, at Fort Aguada Beach Resort in Goa, he opened “Morisco” a seafood restaurant, “il Camino” an Italian restaurant and “Fishtail” a small open air barbeque eatery.[4] Back in Delhi in 2003, he was part of the newly opened Radisson Blu Hotel, Noida. He also became the youngest executive chef of his time in the country at the age of 25.[5]
He then left for Boston, Massachusetts, United States, where he opened "Banq", a fine Franco-Asian restaurant.[6][7] Banq won numerous awards including the Best New Restaurant in the World by the magazine "Wallpaper".[8]
Following this, he was appointed Corporate Chef for the One World Hospitality Group, one of the oldest restaurant groups in Boston.[9][10] Back in India, he joined Novotel, Juhu Beach, Mumbai, as the Senior Executive Chef.
He has hosted various cookery shows including The Great Indian Rasoi, Breakfast Xpress and Snack Attack on Indian television.[11] The second season of Thank God It's Fryday was launched in July 2015 by Zoom (TV channel) and Philips India.[12] The Great Indian Rasoi, Season 2, covering a different set of destinations, is also being telecast as of 2015 on Living Foodz (formerly known as Zee Khana Khazana Channel ) .[13]
Has designed and created an exclusive menu for the upcoming MTV India chain of restaurants, launched by Viacom 18 consumer products wing. FLYP @ MTV, the first restaurant opened in Delhi in mid-December 2015[14][15]
Created and launched an 'artisan' line of meal kits in association with Haute Chef in December 2015 [16][17]
Awards, associations and recognition
- Acknowledged by the James Beard Foundation, New York for his outstanding contribution.[18]
- Received recognition for his contribution to various cuisines by several institutions such as AIWF, AICA, as also the Mayor of Boston. In addition he has also represented India at the WPF.[19]
- Featured among the top 50 chefs in the Indian Culinary Forum book.[19]
- Handled banquets at the Rashtrapati Bhawan and at the Prime Minister’s residence, plus he cooked for several Hollywood and Bollywood celebrities, both in the US and India.[5]
- Associated with the food editorial panel of DNA Mumbai and regularly contributes an article every Saturday.[20]
- Featured in the book Celebrated Chefs of India by Marryam H Reshii.[19][21]
- Appointed Brand Ambassador for SunGold Kiwifruit in India marketed by Zespri International - June 2015[22]
- Appointed Brand Ambassador for Assocom Institute of Technology and Management(AIBTM) -June 2015 [23][24]
- Appointed first-ever Brand Ambassador for Philips India Kitchen Appliances - July 2015 [25]
- Appointed Brand Ambasador for Go Cheese India (Oct 2015) [26]
- First Indian Brand Ambassador for Italy's Bertolli Olive oil [27]
- Appointed 'Brand Friend' for Swiss Army Knives pioneer Victorinox [28]
References
- ↑ "About-Great-Indian-Rasoi". Thelabel.in. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Chef Ranveer Brar replaces Chef Kunal Kapur in Masterchef India". M.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Top 50 Chefs of the country by Times of India". Webnewswire.
- ↑ "On the taste of success". vervemagazine.in.
- 1 2 "Chef Ranveer Brar, Sr Executive Chef, Novotel Mumbai & TV Anchor". Hospitalitybizindia.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "Food, Nutrition & Science - In the Kitchen with Chef Ranveer Brar". Foodnutritionscience.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ Mat Schaffer. "Food & Recipes". Bostonherald.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "BanQ".
- ↑ "how2heroes » About Ranveer Brar". How2heroes.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "5-Courses-With-Ranveer-Brar". Stuffboston.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "MasterChef co-judge". zeenews.india.com.
- ↑ "TGIF Season2 launch". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- ↑ "The Great Indian Rasoi2 on Living Foodz". Daily News & Analysis.
- ↑ "First MTV Cafe in Delhi".
- ↑ "FLYP by MTV next big thing". MTV India.
- ↑ "First Artisan Meal-kit line". punjabnewsexpress.com.
- ↑ "Celebrity Chef Ranveer Brar and Haute Chef launched first Artisian Indian meal-kit line".
- ↑ "Ranveer Brar". Ranveerbar.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Star Chef of the Month". Sanjeevkapoor.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ranveer Brar". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "Excerpt from Top 50 chefs of the Country by TOI". webnewswire.
- ↑ "Brand Ambassador for Zespri Kiwifruit India". hospitalitybizindia.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "Association with AIBTM". thehoteltimes.in. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Brand ambassador of AIBTM". Financial Express.
- ↑ "Brand Ambassador for Philips India Kitchen Appliances". pocketnewsalert.com.
- ↑ "Brand Ambassador for Go Cheese". Economic Times-Brand Equity.
- ↑ "Brand Ambassador for Bertolli Olive Oil". Economic Times-Brand Equity.
- ↑ "Celebrity chef Ranveer Brar to endorse Victorinox". Economic Times-Brand Equity.