PADMA SHRI CHEF SANJEEV KAPOOR - THE CROWNED PRINCE OF AMAZING INDIAN CUISINE & CULINARY WORLD
Food & Health|October 2020
Padma Shri. Chef Sanjeev Kapoor needs no introduction as he is one of the most celebrated faces of Indian cuisine. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women and aspiring chefs out there through the power of cooking to become more self-sufficient. He has created a number of dishes that are not only appealing to the eye but are also packed with flavour and aroma. For over Two Decades and counting, he has run a successful TV Channel called FoodFood and hosted Khana Khazana, a cookery show. He is the author of 150+ best-selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than Two Decades, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards.
PADMA SHRI CHEF SANJEEV KAPOOR - THE CROWNED PRINCE OF AMAZING INDIAN CUISINE & CULINARY WORLD

He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self-sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor was born at Ambala in the year 1964. Sanjeev’s father was in State Bank India. They travelled to places like Delhi, Meerut, Saharanpur and again to Delhi where Sanjeev’s father was transferred. Sanjeev did his schooling from all these places. In Meerut Sanjeev studied at St. Thomas School. Coeducation was till 5th at St. Thomas School and only girl’s education after that. From 5th he studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Runjab Regimental Centre in Meerut Kent. In Saharanpur, Sanjeev studied in St Marry’s Academy till 8th.

After that Sanjeev’s father got transferred to Delhi. Sanjeev was good at studies so there was no problem for him in getting admission in good school. He lived at Rajauri Garden in Delhi and studied at Government School, which was just 200 meters away from his home. It was considered a model school with swimming pool and everything. It had very good faculty. The government started 3 to 4 model schools which were better than the private school at that time. He studied there from 9th to 12th.

In Delhi at class 9th when all other students of class were studying Hindi, Sanjeev studied Sanskrit. If others are doing one thing and Sanjeev loves to do other. Sanjeev did very well in Sanskrit and scored very good marks. He was always in the top five in school.

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