‘Stay strong, stay focused, learn from your mistakes and never give up’ are the die-hard mottos with which Roger Marti, the Swiss Masterchef, and Director Food & Beverage, Grand Hyatt Mumbai, has been living with, all through his illustrious professional career that spans over 26 years in the hospitality industry
If there would have been a limit to Success in Patisserie, then Masterchef Paul Hayward has crossed that line, long before. Paul Hayward, the much acclaimed and award winning Pastry Chef, hailing from England with over 30 years of experience working around the world, started his journey dabling with sugar
With around 25 years of experience in Asia and over 15 years in Europe and the USA, Chef Bruno is still passionately spreading the “French Art de Vivre, across the world, proving that being a real chef is about following the heart rather than a mere recipe. At 6, when
Highly focussed, passionate and dedicated, also the first and only South Indian Chef who made it to the top 10 of BBC’s Master Chef UK Professionals, also renowned to create magic with Indian food, following the concept of progressive Indian cuisine… With over 15 years of hands-on experience both at
TV Show Host, Author, Podcaster, Instructor, Innovator, Influencer, and a Champion Celebrity Chef… For someone who has ‘Knight’ as part of his name, James Knight-Pacheco definitely lives up to the expression of it… truly gallant, partisan, and also a champion, with an illustrious and much-celebrated career in the kitchen. This
A chef, restaurateur, television host, author, consultant, and industry speaker, the Aussie Sri Lankan Peter Kuruvita is everything one could imagine of an acclaimed Chef to be. Peter is known for his rich and culturally inspired cooking, highly influenced by his Sri Lankan father and an Austrian mother. Peter Kuruvita
Alan Pedge, Food & Beverage Manager, YOSH Hospitality, a veteran in Culinary & Catering with almost 50 glorious years of experience, is a true industry optimist and an iconic figure in the UAE Hospitality… With a career spanning well over four decades in culinary, with the last 25 years as
As a progressive visionary and an inclusive thought-leader, Emma Banks is by far the most successful female leader, in an industry that has traditionally been dominated by men, hence her befitting title First Lady of the Hospitality Industry in the Middle East Region. With over two decades in the F&B
The Director of Culinary, Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort and Vice President, East Coast, Emirates Culinary Guild, Chef K.A.C. Prasad, with over 30 years of hands-on experience is always in a hurry to do more, achieve more. His aversion to lethargy and die-hard commitment to always aim high, truly defines
