Chef Anil

Anil Kumar is an Indian celebrity chef was taken to Rourkela in Orissa state when he was six months of age and grew up with his parents in Rourkela Steel City, where his father was employed in the Steel Plant. He has hosted over a thousand episodes of reality cookery shows on TV (various global channels). Chef Anil creates sustainable Food & Beverage concepts for the F&B retail sector with his company Food Wise.
Early life and education
Anil Kumar studied in the Ispat Shiksha Sadan School, Sector 14 till Matriculation and then went to Ispat College, Sector 16 for his Intermediate in Commerce.
He joined the Rourkela Municipal College for B.Com (Hons) studied two years, but could not complete his graduation course as he got admitted to the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition (Govt of India) at Bhubaneswar, Orissa for the three-year Diploma In Hotel Management course.
As a Chef Anil Kumar began his culinary journey when he was just a teenager; eagerly helping his father to cook weekend dinners at home.
He completed the Diploma in 1988 and through campus recruitment got placed as H.O.T (Hotel Operations Trainee) with Taj Group of Hotels in Taj Coramandel Hotel, Chennai.
Career
Chef Anil has spent more than two decades in International Culinary Practices. He has travelled extensively across the globe that has helped him garner many International awards and in-depth knowledge of various Cuisines/ styles. Previously, Chef Anil worked as a Corporate Chef with leading Hotel/ organisation; including the Taj Group of Hotels, Carnival Cruise Lines, SAJ Flight Services, Albert Abela Catering Co, Tawoos Industrial Catering Co, George V Hospitality etc.
His sheer curiosity, creativity, energy and passion have led him to be today's celebrity chef, a Senior Member of the Emirates Culinary Guild.
Anil had the opportunity to be the Head Chef for the Indian Prime Minister’s VVIP charters to various countries.
He has cooked/ served for many famous personalities & celebrities, such as Paris Hilton, Eddie Murphy, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan and so.
A complete people’s person, he has hosted over 1000 episodes of reality cookery shows on TV (various global channels) and has been the official ‘Food Critic’ for Sony TV show ‘Eating Out- Dubai’. Till date, Chef Anil creates sustainable Food & Beverage concepts for the retail sector with his company Food Wise.
Anil creates successful thematic restaurant concepts for entrepreneurs under the banner of FOOD WISE, few concepts done recently by him are namely Peppermill-Colonial Indian, Memsaab-Curry & Tandoor, Mamatani -Emirati Café, Fuego-contemporary Mexican, Dalchini-Indian, Mitts & Trays-City walk, Spice Bowl-Asian-Dubai Mall, Food Circle-Oberon Mall, Just Biryani -JBR, Benittos-Italian-Bangalore, Rue 71-Teahouse & Patisserie, Sarj-Equestrian Resto-Café, Jumeirah Beach etc.
Personal life
Chef Anil Kumar married Reshmi Anilkumar in the year 2002. She is the Managing Director of their company Food Wise. Reshmi has produced his show Kitchen Killadi on Media One Gulf and also handles the PR /Liaison for the latest International food travelogue show TASTY TRAVELS on Flowers TV. Anil Kumar lives with his family in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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