Ajay Chopra
Ajay Chopra | |
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| Born | 8 February 1977 |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Institute Of Hotel Management (1995-98), Oberoi Centre Of Learning and Development (2000-02) |
| Spouse | Amrita Rebbeca Chopra |
| Children | Ashish David Chopra, Akshat Aaron Chopra |
| Website | |
| https://www.chefajaychopra.com | |
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Ajay Chopra (born 8 February 1977) is an Indian celebrity chef. He is a television and digital personality, and co-hosted and judged the first two seasons of MasterChef India along side with Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapur, Vikas Khanna.[1] Chopra is also a restaurant consultant as the director for Zion Hospitality and has opened over 24 restaurants in India and abroad.[2] He is a food creator, a media personality, a television host.[3]
Career
Ajay Chopra did his education from Institute of Hotel Management, Goa. He started his career at Cecil Oberoi Shimla. In the year 2000 he joined the Oberoi centre for culinary development (OCLD) in the culinary and management trainee program and came out as a gold medalist. After completion of his training at (OCLD) he started working as the chef of the palms, the coffee shop, and as the banquet chef.[4]
Later he joined as the chef de cuisine at Lotus Cafe and saffron at J.W Marriott, Mumbai. He then ventured overseas and joined the Mint Leaf chain of restaurants, London as the executive head chef where he was voted as one of the best eight Indian chefs in London.[citation needed]
He has also worked for some globally recognised chains such as Marriott and Starwood and held the role of executive chef for over 9 years before returning to India in 2009.[5] He also introduced Burgundy Box, a do-it-yourself meal kit.[6] He is now also a brand ambassador for the European Union "More Than Food" campaign in India.[7]
Television
- MasterChef India (season 1 and 2)
- Hi-tea (Food Food)[8]
- Northern flavours (season 1, 2, and 3) (Zee Zest)
- Veggistan (NDTV)[9]
- India's best 50 dishes (season 1 and 2) (Zee Zest)[10]
- Mix masala (Travelxp)[11]
- Papad pickle aur pyala (Zee Zest)[12]
- Chef vs fridge (Zee Zest)[13]
- Patt-ay ki baat (Zee Zest)[14]
Book
His first cookbook Big Daddy Chef focuses on men, especially dads, cooking for their family.[15]
External links
Awards and Achievements
- Awarded for the outstanding contribution in the field of food by Food Food[16]
- Awarded Celebrity chef of the year by Food Connoisseur Federation of India.[17]
Reference links
- ↑ "MasterChef India (Hindi TV series)", Wikipedia, 2022-08-27, retrieved 2022-09-24
- ↑ "Ajay Chopra - In 2016 I Started Zion Hospitality A Restaurant Consulting Firm And We Did Around 24 Restaurants And Food And Beverage Outlets In Past 4 And Half Years (Chef, India)". Eat My News. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Yalala, Sridhar. "Meet the global chef with a 'desi heart'". The Pynr. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Chef Hemant Oberoi & Chef Ajay Chopra Launch Food-Tech Platform Knosh". Travel Trade Insider. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Ajay Chopra | Celebrity Chef, TV Anchor, Speaker". Indian Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Review of Burgundy Box.in". DNA India. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Exploring European cuisine with chef Ajay Chopra". BombayTimes. Mar 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Kapoor, Chef Sanjeev. "Hi Tea". www.foodfood.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Ajay Chopra Videos - NDTV Food". food.ndtv.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "India's 50 Best Dishes". Zee Zest. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Editorial (2022-03-01). "Travelxp launches its food channel Foodxp in India". MediaNews4U. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Papad Pickles Aur Pyaala". Zee Zest. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Chef Vs. Fridge S2 TV Serial - Watch Chef Vs. Fridge S2 Online All Episodes (1-13) on ZEE5". ZEE5. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Patt-ay Ki Baat". Zee Zest. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "'The Big Daddy Chef': Chef Ajay Chopra on his debut cookbook, learnings as a writer, and more - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Achary, Neel (2022-05-26). "Acclaimed Chef Ajay Chopra awarded 'Celebrity Chef of the Year' at the Food Connoisseurs India Convention 2022". Business News This Week. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Achary, Neel (2022-05-25). "Acclaimed Chef Ajay Chopra awarded 'Celebrity Chef of the Year' at the Food Connoisseurs India Convention 2022 - Business News Week". Retrieved 2022-09-24.
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