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 | Sanjeev Kapoor (b. April 1964) is one of the top chefs in India. He has authored many books and is the host of Khana Khazana a popular cookery program shown on Zee TV every Sunday since 1993. The show has completed 450 episodes. He started out in the hospitality industry in 1984 with a diploma in Hotel Management from IIHM (Indian Institute of Hotel Management) Pusa, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition. he started his career in the ITDC under their kitchen management scheme. |
He was a topper in his batch. After working in many hotels, he became the Executive Chef of the Centaur Hotel in Mumbai (Bombay). His television show won the Best Cookery Show Award given by the Indian Television Academy (ITA) in 2001. Comments (1) | Add as favourites (48) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 10374 | Print | E-mail | Read more... |
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| Ms. Tarla Dalal is India’s best - selling cookery author since over 2 decades. She has written a total of 30 titles, several of which have been translated in various languages like Hindi, Gujrati, Marathi, Bengali and even Dutch and Russian! The total sales of her cookbooks exceed 1 million copies. Her first book ‘The Pleasures of Vegetarian cooking’, which was published in 1974, was an instant success with Indian housewives. The book, which is considered a classic in cookery books, has sold a record 125,000 copies. In addition to writing cookbooks, Ms. Tarla Dalal also has a major web presence in the form of tarladalal.com, the largest and the most comprehensive Indian cookery website on the Internet.
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| Vikas Khanna (born November 14, 1971) is an Indian chef, who has also become famous as a food writer and a humanitarian. Born in Amritsar, India to Davinder and Bindu Khanna, he started as a helper in his grandmother's kitchen and learned the art of cooking and the use of spices from her. He started supplying kitchenware to Amritsar Club at the age of 12. |
He started developing recipes at a very young age and opened Lawrence Gardens Banquets to host weddings and family functions when he was 16. He graduated from the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration in 1994. He started a company SAANCH, a cultural festival gala, to bring together food and traditions from different parts of India. This festival is an integral part of the college even now. He also learnt the art of sculpting stone and wood in Jaipur, Mysore, Udipi, and Sagar (Karnataka). He has worked for the Taj, Oberoi, Welcomgroup, and Leela Group of Hotels with some of the most influential chefs of India.
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