The gastronomy star, Sanjeev Kapoor celebrated his 56th birthday this year. He is widely recognised for his culinary art and has become the household name due to his exemplary skills in cooking. He hosts Asia’s popular TV show Khana Khazana being aired from the past 13 years in nearly 120 countries. In January 2011, he floated his Food channel. His nickname is Chef Sanjeev and Rachael Ray of India.
Sanjeev Kapoor Biography
An Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and television personality Sanjeev Kapoor was born on 10th April 1964 in Ambala, Haryana. He was brought up in several north Indian cities. His father was a banker. He has two siblings – one brother who is a Chartered Accountant and one sister named Namrata. After he concluded his schooling, he embarked on his career in the hospitality industry in 1984 and enrolled himself in the Hotel Management program at the Institute of Hotel Management Catering and Nutrition, Pusa, New Delhi.
Academically, he was a brilliant student and was always ranked amongst the top 5 during his school time. He opted for Biology as the main subject in Matric and aspired to be a doctor. He accomplished his management trainee program from India Tourism Development Corporation.
Sanjeev Kapoor Top Recipes
Initially, Sanjeev Kapoor worked in several hotels, and later, he emerged as the Executive Chef of the Centaur Hotel in Mumbai. He worked for Singapore Airlines as one of the members of its International Culinary Panel. As he is a presenter, chef, author of many cookbooks, and a restaurant advisor, he is the most lionized face of Indian Cuisine. He has hosted several shows such as MasterChef India, Khana Khazana, and Cook Smart.
His close aide Jasmit Singh changed his whole new ballgame when he advised him to fill the form of hotel management.
Sanjeev established his business empire of premium cookware and appliances brand Wonderchef to TV channel Food Food to a chain of restaurants across India and overseas. His top recipes include Orange Pannacota, Shukto, Aloo Tuk, Quick Paneer Tikka, Fruity Bread and Butter Pudding, Cheese Chicken Kebab, Potato Bravas, Red Pumpkin Crushed Pepper, Spiced Papaya Iced Tea, and many more. He has got expertise in several state-specific cuisines. He keeps sharing tips and tricks to make the food delicious. His easy disposition, simple instructions, and buoyant explanation make the complicated-looking dishes easy to prepare. He constructively organizes live food events and cooking demonstrations in India and overseas both. He has garnered several accolades and honours abroad. He is fortunate enough to get a chance to cook for several dignitaries including honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sanjeev has hosted the show ‘Shrimaan Bawarchi’ on Zee TV which was renamed to Khana Khazana on his suggestion. The phenomenal response of this show did not let Sanjeev take a step back, he rose to the fame and has completed nearly 13 years in this cookery journey of this channel. He has introduced many mouth-watering delicacies from the treasures of his kitchen and filled the people’s lives with aromatic fragrances and temptations. We cannot list out all of his recipes here but you can surely have access to his certain recipes online.
Sanjeev Kapoor Awards
- Sanjeev Kapoor is the recipient of the fourth highest Indian national honour – Padma Shri in 2017. ITA Award bestowed him for Popular Chef & Entrepreneur (Zaika-E-Hind) in 2015 and best cookery show Khana Khazana in 2002, 2004 and, 2010.
- He was conferred with the Best Executive Chef of India Award by H&FS and the Mercury Gold Award at Geneva, Switzerland by the Indian Federation of Culinary Associations.
- He is the brand ambassador for the ‘Sweekar Advanced’ sunflower oil brand and Sleek Kitchens, a modular kitchen brand in India.
- He is also on the panel of the Ministry of Tourism.
- He was ranked at 317 in 100 of India’s Most Trusted persons in 2010 by Reader’s Digest.
- In the New York Times, his book ‘How To Cook Indian’ was the ‘Summer Cookbooks of the year 2011’.
- He earned the ‘Best Chef of India’ award by the Indian Government.
Sanjeev Kapoor Personal Life
Sanjeev Kapoor exchanged the conjugal vows with Alyona Kapoor and the couple is blessed with two beautiful daughters named Kriti and Rachita. His wife is also a part of his joint venture Turmeric Vision Pvt. Ltd.
Sanjeev loves travelling and Noma in Copenhagen and Denmark are amongst his favourite destination. His all-time favourite food is Pani Puri and Bengali Sandesh. Amitabh Bachchan tops the list of his favourite actors. His most-liked spices include cumin, clove, pepper and, cardamom.
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