1. Shagun Mehra
Shagun Mehra is a Chef, a Sommelier, Trailblazer, 5th-generation Hotelier, Single mom, and a Style Diva. She started in the industry by showing her love and passion for cooking by starting her YouTube Channel and from there her journey was rising. She got the offer to co-judge an Indian Television Show- Femme Foodies, for women working as professional chefs. Being on the show was in fact exciting for Shagun, as she got to provide equal opportunities for the female chefs, who are still not viewed as equally worthy in comparison to male chefs in the industry. She also states that the industry is slowly changing and it's a pleasure for her to work with women of the same interest as hers. She has traveled to more than 30 countries. After working as a chef and sommelier at Coco Shambhala- a group of luxury Villas in Goa, India, She became the Culinary Director of two amazing boutiques hotels under Coco Shambhala umbrella located in Goa and Sindhudurg. She believes in evolving, she hopes for the future to be more exciting than what it is presently. It can be Coco Shambhala expanding or her making her own wine, she states in an alumni interview with Les Roches- one of the world’s leading hospitality business schools in Switzerland. She polished her skills further by enrolling in Paris’ Le Cordon Bleu- Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Institute located in Paris. To further add to her culinary skills, she did training at the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian- a faculty of Gastronomic Sciences.
...2. Anahita Dhondy
Anita Dhony has had a passion for cooking since the age of 10 and her dream of wearing a chef’s hat began from there. She comes from a Parsis family, who settled in Delhi. Her inspiration was her mother, who was into catering and cooking Parsi food and baking cakes. She is well-known for her Traditional Parsi food culture as well as for the rich cuisine of India’s Zoroastrian Community. She worked to promote and reintroduce recipes and ingredients that got lost in the time of the Indian diet. She did this by participating in a campaign called- “Tasting India’s Eat like Like your Grandpa Campaign”. She’s a Culinary Arts (honors) Graduate from IHM-Aurangabad. After completing her training at Taj properties, she acquired a Grand Diploma from Le Cordon Bleu, London.
...3. Bianca Gomes
Bianca Gomes is a playback singer who began to sing professionally at the age of fifteen. She is famous for tracks such as ‘Aunty ji’ from Ek Main Aur Ek Tu and ‘Rootha’ from TE3N. She is from the middle-east, where she has sing with some of the most popular gig bands. Three years later, she moved to Mumbai, where she sang on resident band contracts with the Taj and Oberoi hotels.
...4. Neha Bhasin
Neha Bhasin is a singer by profession and has many hit numbers to her credit. She was born to be a pop sensation. Neha started her hard work and dedication towards music and dance at a very young age. She joined Shiamak Davar’s dance group to unleash herself in dancing as well. Neha took her singing tuitions from Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
...5. Amit Nair
Amit Nair is a Lifestyle experience creator and Business strategist & brand custodian at Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd, an Indian Media Conglomerate. Being a lifestyle experience creator, he likes to observe trends and create products of different categories that people can connect with their lifestyle. He states that Zee entertainment gave him the opportunity to create unique customer experiences, and the privilege to work with more than 100+ amazing people who are leading chefs, celebrities, hosts, and influencers every year.
...6. Clinton Cerejo
Clinton Cerejo is an Indian singer and music producer. He has given his contribution in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil movies as a song composer. His work in the industry is a wide range, and it includes vocal arrangements, playback singing, background scores, production, music programming, and musical arrangements. He is known for his unique style of presentation. Famous singer and personalities such as Hugh Padgham, Roy Thomas Baker, Babyface, Trevor Horn, Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Arif Mardin, Roland Orzabal and much more have always insipid him. He was born in Mumbai and belonged to a family with people from the IT field who had no connection with the music. His father worked as an engineer in L&T Company, and his mother served as a French professor.
...7. Ranveer Brar
Ranveer Brar is a television host and a chef. He is known for his shows about food and cooking on the television and is loved for the way he presents. He is most admired for being a judge in the Indian audition of Master Chef.
Born on 8th Feb 1978 in Lucknow, Ranveer loves to cook. He, therefore, completed his education in Hotel Management. He won the honor of being the youngest executive chef of India when he was just 25. However, he left for the international voyage, since, he has won many awards and brought pride to the nation.
He thinks women cook with patience and men are good at bringing life to difficult recipes and dishes. He loves to cook Dora Kabab, and his favorite cooking ingredient is long pepper. His love life is particularly talked about as he is a dashing looking young man.
Ranveer recently told the reporters about his love of street food and how he loves to visit Ahmedabad and Gwalior for their renowned delicacies. He considers that, Ahemdabad has some mouthwatering Parsi Food. When talking about food, Ranveer says that he might even be said to be a Food Philosopher and his food has given him a way to express himself just like other artists express themselves through their art. He says, he likes his art very much and doesn’t even have to compromise on public life like other artist have to.
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