Introduction : Alumnus of Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition Kolkata India .
Worked as chef In Chaines Des Rottisieurs Wuppertal Germany , Hotel Soaltee Oberoi Kathmandu Nepal , Hotel Airport Ashok Kolkata India , Hotel The Kenilworth Kolkata India.
Presently Chef & owner of Continental Catering Services , a pan India catering services ( www.continentalcatering.co.in ) Food columnists of multiple Bengali & English magazines of India .
Working as celebrity Chef of Zee Bangla Television channel , Aakash Ath Television channel , E TV Bangla Television , Rongeen Television channel .
Jury member of Rupchanda , the Super Chef , biggest Culinary Reality Show of Bangladesh . Advisor of Woman Times Portal . Owns an YouTube channel with over 20000 subscribers & 19,50,000 viewers .
Conduct on line & Offline cookery classes. Life Member of Indian Culinary Forum , Chefs Guild of India , Executive member World Association of Master Chef ( India chapter ) , Executive body & life member of Alumni Association of Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition Kolkata ( under Ministry of Tourism Government of India ), Member Indian Federation of Culinary Associations. Hobbies : Cooking, Football , writing culinary articles in newspapers & magazines.
Author of Bengali cook book ‘ Bangal barir Ranna’ my Idol : Chef Alain Ducasse. I’ve many Ahaa moments while cooking: cooking for Sitar maestro Pandit Rabi Shankar’s Press conference at Kolkata India Cooking forBollywood film star Om Puri’s wedding party & many more. Late Barun Chakraborty, my mentor & head of Food production of Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition Kolkata , my Alma mater inspired me to be a Chef. when I was in class five , I started helping my mother in cooking in during my school’s vacations. When in Class Nine , I started experimenting with cooking & was appreciated by friends & relatives. Bollywood & Hollywood actor Om Puri & Pandit Rabi Sankar appreciated my food & after Cooking for actor Om Puri’s 2 nd marriage party, Om Puri invited me for lunch the very next day. He’s a connoisseur of food & himself a good cook . Apart from Om Puri I catered to many Tollywood actors like Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Saswata Chatterjee , Victor Bannerjee & many others .
Tips to budding Chefs :
1) Hardwork
2) Always be good observant
3) Keep patience
4) be innovative
5) give importance to platting &
garnishing.
6) try to use fresh & local ingredients.
There is immense scope of a Chef to grow. Cooking is a blend of Art & Science. Sky is the limit for a chef to grow in career. My favourite dish Beef Kalabhuna of Chattogram restaurant of Chittagong , Bharata , Shutki fish & Kacchi Biriyani of Bangladesh. Fresh ingredients, luscious taste & texture of the dish . I rate it 10 out of 10.
In a difficult situation proper management of the situations is the quality of a good chef. For instance, once in a wedding party in Kolkata , the host brought Rabri from a famous sweet shop for his guests & the consumption was very high . The kheer of the Rabri was exhausted , only the milky portion was remaining so I managed it by adding pieces of rumali Roti . The remaining guest consumed the rumali Roti added Rabri without knowing it & appreciated the Rabri.