Published 12:40 IST, October 21st 2019

Sanjeev Kapoor: All you need to know about the 'Master Chef' of India

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is one of the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. Many know about his achievements. Read to know about the master chef's journey.

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Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is one of most celebrated faces in Indian culinary industry. He hosted a cookery show named Khana Khazana on television for more than 17 years and is an author of about 150+ bestselling cookbooks. He is said to be only Chef who runs a TV Channel that is FoodFood. Sanjeev has won several awards which includes National Award for Best Chef of Year 2008 by Government of India. He also owns several restaurants, t in India but abro too. His achievements are kwn, but few kw about his journey. Re on to kw his journey.

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About Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor

Sanjeev Kapoor was born in Ambala, Haryana on April 10, 1964. His far was a banker, as mentioned by him in various interviews with media portals. Due to his far’s transfer from one place to ar, he studied at different schools throughout country but was one of best students in his class. After his 9th gre, he took up biology as main subject. re were two options for him, eir to become a doctor or an engineer. He opted for engineering but did t appear for exams like IIT. However, fate has a different plan as Sanjeev got to kw about hotel manment course. Consequently, He was selected and got a Diploma in Hotel Manment from Institute of Hotel Manment Catering & Nutrition, Pusa, New Delhi.

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After his training in Delhi, he was posted as an understudy chef in Hotel Varanasi Ashok. Sanjeev was me Executive chef re and was in Varanasi for about six years. He met his w-wife Alyona Kapoor re. y tied kw after 4 years of being in a relationship. Sanjeev became a household face with Khana Khazana, which happened early on in his career. Aired on Zee TV, it was initially called Shrimaan Bawarchi. show went on to become one of longest-running show for about 17 years. w his business ventures range from premium cookware and appliance brand Wonderchef to TV channel FoodFood. According to a leing daily, his net revenue is over ₹ 500 crores. He is brand ambassor for several famous brands. He has two daughters named Kriti Kapoor and Rachita Kapoor.

Awards

  • Best Executive Chef of India Award by H & FS
  • Mercury Gold Award at Geneva, Switzerland by Indian Federation of Culinary Associations.
  • Pma Shri Award in 2017
  • Indian Television Acemy Award for Popular Chef & Entrepreneur (Zaika-E-Hind)
  • Indian Television Acemy Award for Best cookery show (Khana Khazana) in 2002, 2004 and 2010.

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