Celebrate Vaisakhi in the Tastiest Way with recipies from . . . Harpal Singh Sokhi is a
celebrity chef from India. Also known as the “Energy Chef of India”, he is now a “Dancing Chef Of India”. Chef Sokhi anchored Grand Trunk Rasoi Season 1, he also started his fine-dine restaurant Karigiri in Noida, New Delhi, and one of the largest clubs in the country, club D’Neo at Jalandhar, Punjab. He is known as the most entertaining and energetic chef and is a sought-after name within the Indian food industry. Chef Sokhi was awarded as the Best Chef of the Year in the year 2016 by National Indo-Australian Cultural by the Victorian Council Australia, for promoting Indian food and culture in Australia. He also has achieved the Iconic Achievers Award 2018 and the Food Fusion Leadership Awards 2018, among other notable recognition. Chef Sokhi is amongst the top five food Youtubers honoured by Google in the year 2014. He was further recognized as the top 100 channels on food on YouTube.
Harpal Singh Sokhi
Rohit Ghai
restaurateur Rohit Ghai is hailed as one of the UK’s most creative and accomplished Indian chefs. Chef Ghai began his international career working with Michelin-starred restaurant Benares in London in 2008. He then moved on to lead several other Michelin-starred kitchens. He then went on to launch the Leela Groups’s first London venture, Jamavar, in 2016, where he became the fastest Indian chef to win a Michelin star - being awarded the accolade within 10 months of the restaurant’s opening. Ghai then opened Bombay Bustle to critical acclaim. Ghai’s highly anticipated solo restaurant, Kutir opened in late 2018, and it received instant success. In 2019, he launched Koolcha - a street food concept offering Indian favorites. He recently released his first cookbook titled, Tarkari: Innovative Vegetarian and Vegan Indian Dishes with Heart and Soul.
Winner of India’s Digital
Chef, finalist of the show Femme Foodies and the most loved contestant of Masterchef India Season 6, Chef Akanksha Khatri was a born foodie. But, her love for cooking started a little later in life. Cooking for her started just as a means to an end. But, the food experiences she gathered on her travels to different cities led her to experimenting with her own creations. These trial and error experimentations with food led her to know what her true passion is. Khatri participated in the contest, India’s Digital Chef and won the title of India’s First-ever Digital Chef. It led to her hosting the latest season of Pickles of India Season, 2019. Khatri hosted this 29-episode season and gained even more love, support and popularity than before. Encouraged with the new earned popularity, her parents’ support and passion to do something, she decided to enter in India’s most reputable culinary show MasterChef India and make a name for herself nationwide.
Akanksha Khatri
Michelin-starred chef and
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