Meet the Notable
F&B Industry Stalwarts
PADMA SHREE AWARDEE DR. PUSHPESH PANT
Indian Academician, Food Critic and Historian
CHEF HEMANT OBEROI
Founder, OB Hospitality & Hemant Oberoi Hospitality; Founder, Michelin Selection Martabaan by Hemant Oberoi, One Toque by Gault&Millau
dr. chef manjit gill
President, IFCA; Managing Director, Eco Green Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.
ZORAWAR KALRA
Founder &
Managing Director,
Massive Restaurants Pvt. Ltd
CHEF KUNAL KAPUR
Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Personality, Judge (MasterChef India), Author & Food Researcher
CHEF DAVINDER KUMAR
Vice President, Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi & President, Indian Culinary Forum
CHEF HARPAL SINGH SOKHI
Celebrity Chef,
Coach & Restauranter
Chef Manish Mehrotra
Chef & Culinary Director of Indian Accent Restaurants
CHEF AJAY CHOPRA
Chefpreneur, Restaurateur, Consultant & Judge (MasterChef India)
SHATBHI BASU
Creative Consultants & STIR Academy of Bartending
Chef Montu Saini
Executive Chef – ITDC- Parliament House, Sr. Executive Chef – President’s Secretariat (June 2015 – August 2020), Former Member To Le Club Des Chefs Des Chefs (CCC) (Since June 2015), CCC – Club of Personal Chefs of Heads of States & The World’s Most Exclusive Gastronomic Society
CHEF KOUSHIK S.
Chef, Founder, Eatitude Consultants, MasterChef Tamil Judge & TEDx Speaker
Rahul Narvekar
Founder CEO, The India Network, Startup Studio & India Angel Fund
Dr. (Chef) K Thiru
The School of Hospitality Management, Mahindra University
CHEF CHALAPATHI RAO
Cuisine Designer & Partner – Simply South, MasterChef India (Telugu) Judge, TEDx Speaker
CHEF MICHAEL SWAMY
Celebrity Chef & Restaurateur, Food Stylist, Author
CHEF GAUTAM MEHRISHI
Corporate Executive Chef, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited
Gurmeet Singh Ahluwalia
Founder, Sandoz Restaurants Private Limited
CHEF VINEET MANOCHA
President – Culinary at Bikaji Foods International Ltd, The Kachori Story & Author
Harshvardhan Chauhan
Founder & CEO, Tribe Kombucha
Rajathi Kalimuthan
Founder & Managing Director,
Rhythm Natural Mineral Water,
Marvelle Health Care Pvt. Ltd.
Shivnayan Aggarwal
Market Transformation Manager, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Anubhav Sapra
Founder & Foodie-in-Chief, Delhi Food Walks
CHEF SHERRY MEHTA
CEO, The Nomad Foodie, Award winning Chef Restauranteur, F&B Consultant, Food TV Show Judge, Pop-up Specialist
M. Hafees Ahmed
Director, Ambur Star Briyani International Private Limited
Sunita Reddy
Chief Architect, ACME Designers
VINAY BC
Founder and Brewpreneur, Long Boat Brewing Co.; Forbes Business Council Member 2024
ASWIN Thottupurath
Founder & Brand Owner, AsianKatha-Tales Of Taste,
Managing Director, DiJen Foods Pvt. Ltd.
