meet the chef
Ashish Dhar was born and bred in what he describes as ‘heaven on earth’ – Kashmir. Having always had a close relationship with nature and its miraculous contribution to the world, Ashish was lucky to have herbs and spices and their flavours right at his fingertips.
Ashish Dhar
Corporate Chef and Executive Chef Sarin Hotel Group
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eft home in my late teens for a culinary journey, starting from the most vibrant city of India – Mumbai, where I graduated with my hospitality qualification and the rest is history,” he
explained. Ashish has now been in the industry for 20 years. After graduating, he worked for Carnival Cruise Lines, through all the ports from Costa Rica to Tampa. Ashish then moved to London where he worked for five-star restaurants across a range of cuisine from continental, to French and modern British. “Following my five-year tenure in London, I went back to India to work for top premium brands of the capital and developed an excellent fusion combination of continental, and core Indian flavours which are now known as ‘Progressive Indian cuisine’.”
