Sanjeev Kapoor

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Sanjeev Kapoor (born April 10, 1964) is one of the top chefs in India. He has authored many books and is the host of Khana Khazana, a popular cookery program shown on Zee TV every Sunday since 1993. The show has completed over 650 episodes.^[1]

Born in Ambala, India, Kapoor started out in the hospitality industry in 1984 with a diploma in Hotel Management from Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Pusa Road, New Delhi. He started his career in the ITDC under their kitchen management scheme. He was a topper in his batch. After working in many hotels, he became the Executive Chef of the Centaur Hotel in Mumbai (Bombay).

His television show won the Best Cookery Show Award given by the Indian Television Academy (ITA) in 2001. He is also the recipient of the Best Executive Chef of World Award by H & FS and the Mercury Gold Award at Geneva, Switzerland by IFCA. Singapore Airlines recruited him as one of the members of its "International Culinary Panel", helping to create a meal called Shahi Thali in 2006 [1].

Other awards he has won include 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.^{[citation needed]}

Richard Quest selected Sanjeev Kapoor as one of the top celebrity chefs in the world along with Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Wolfgang 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.

In 2006, he participated in a the dance show Jhalak Dikhla Ja, on Sony Entertainment Television.^[2]

[edit] Books authored by Chef Sanjeev Kapoor

Khazana of Indian Recipes (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Khazana of Vegetarian Indian Recipes (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Khazana of Healthy Tasty Recipes
Khana Khazana Celebration of Indian Cookery (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Low Calorie Vegetarian Cookbook (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Any Time Temptations
Best of Chinese Cooking (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Microwave Cooking Made Easy (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Simply Indian(available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Konkan Cook Book
No Oil Cooking (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
No Oil Vegetarian Cooking (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Cakes and Bakes
Soups Salads Sandwiches (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Vegetarian Snacks and Starters (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Non Vegetarian Snacks and Starters (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Sweet Encounters (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Drinks and mocktails
Traditional Indian Cuisines -Punjabi (available in English , Hindi,Marathi)
Non Vegetarian Chinese (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Vegetarian Chinese (available in English, Hindi, Marathi)
Chicken Recipes (available in English, Hindi)
Italian
Kadai cooking
Desi Mutton
Paneer
Pressure Cooking
Seafood
Rice, Biryani and Pulao
Salads
Street Food
Thai Cooking
Microwave Desi
Vegetarian Breakfasts
Non Vegetarian Recipes from Around the World
Vegetarian Recipes from Around the World
No Oil Cooking
No Oil Vegetarian Cooking