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Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor

Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine today. Chef extraordinaire, TV show host, author of best-selling cookbooks, restaurant consultant, architect of a unique range of food products and winner of numerous culinary awards, Chef Kapoor is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one cuisine in the world. Sanjeev Kapoor’s hosts the popular Cookery Show on Zee TV which has been winning the ‘Best Cookery Show’ award given by the Indian Television Academy year after year ever since its inception in the year 2000. The show has completed more than 700 episodes being telecast non stop for 14 years - the longest running TV show in any category on any channel. Among the numerous awards he has won the “Brand Leadership” award at the 5th Indira Awards for Marketing Excellence 2006 and the ‘Hall of the Fame Award’ under the aegis of The Star of the Industry Awards for excellent contribution to the field of hospitality need special mention. He launched a weekly cookery show ‘Rasoi Khajina’- a home production - in Marathi being telecast on DD Sahayadri which gained popularity within weeks. Richard Quest selected Sanjeev Kapoor as one of the top five Celebrity Chefs in the world along with Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Olivier and Wolf Gang Puck and featured them in his programme “Quest” on CNN channel. He was one of the chief speakers/presenters at the Worlds of Flavor, 2005 International Conference & Festival organized by The Culinary Institute of America. As a restaurant consultant he has granted his franchise to a number of restaurants both in India and abroad which have all been very well appreciated. Under the brand name of Sanjeev Kapoor’s Khazana, a wide range of finger licking Pickles, Blended Masalas, Sprinklers, 123 Ready To Cook Mixes and Gourmet Chutneys have already created millions of admirers nationwide and internationally. His numerous cookbooks have all received rave reviews and become instant best-sellers. His multimedia CD-ROMs “Zee Khana Khazana Interactive CD-ROM on Indian Cooking” and “Ode to Indian Food” have brought Chef Kapoor into the kitchens of India as a familiar guest chef who guides the home cook with a friendly ‘do-as-I-do’ style. His portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of tried and tested recipes and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking. Sanjeev Kapoor is on the board of Singapore Airlines International Culinary Panel sharing the limelight with some award winning star chefs from culinary capitals across the globe.