Manish Mehrotra

| birth_place = Patna, India | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Chef | spouse = | style = Indian cuisine | education = Diploma in Hotel Management | ratings = | restaurants = | prevrests = | television = | awards = | website = [http://www.chefmanishmehrotra.com chefmanishmehrotra.com] }} Manish Mehrotra is one of the India's highly esteemed chef, widely recognized as one of the most dynamic figures in modern Indian cuisine globally. Serving as the Culinary Director of Indian Accent Restaurants located in Delhi, Mumbai, and New York, as well as at Comorin in Gurugram, Mehrotra has garnered acclaim for his innovative approach to Indian gastronomy.

Manish is credited with creating an innovative cuisine combining authentic Indian flavours with pan- Asian and Western techniques and ingredients.

Chef Manish is described very aptly by Vir Sanghvi for Hindustan Times Brunch, “Manish Mehrotra is the most exciting modern Indian chef in the world today. He cooks for the toughest audience of all – Indians who understand Indian Food – and he never fails to wow us, time after time, meal after meal. The Indian Accent Chef (Manish Mehrotra) deserves a whole school of cooking named after him.”

Manish started his career in Mumbai as part of Ananda Solomon’s team at the Thai Pavilion of the Taj Group of Hotels. He joined Old World Hospitality in 2000 where he soon turned Oriental Octopus at Delhi’s Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, into the place to be seen at. He has spent over two decades with the company opening several restaurants while travelling the world and honing his culinary skills.

Manish travels extensively between the three Indian Accent restaurants and for events across the world. Manish is passionate about his craft and his knowledge of ingredients, their origins and the food and beverage world is formidable. Inspired by Chef Rick Stein because he prepares ‘out-of-the-world recipes which, though not fancy, are delicious’, Manish is an inspiration to aspiring young chefs today.

He is the author of Indian Accent Restaurant Cookbook. Two editions of the coffee table book were published by Penguin Books. More recently the paperback version has been published by Hachette Books.

Manish is an avid reader of cookbooks and owns over 1500 cookbooks. He has acted in films and is one of the most sought after celebrity chefs for TV shows, TED Talks, Cooking Demonstrations, Chef Interactions, etc.

Manish lives in New Delhi with his mother and his daughter, Adah who hopes to be a chef herself, one day. Provided by Wikipedia