Ranveer BrarChef Ranveer Brar is a celebrity chef and TV show host. Born in Lucknow, Ranveer began cooking at seventeen as an apprentice to one of Lucknow's legendary street kebab vendors, Ustad Munir Ahmed, before enrolling in a catering college. At twenty-five he became the youngest executive chef of his time in India. His career began at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi, after which he worked at the Radisson Blu, Noida. He then moved to New York where he had the privilege of cooking at James Beard House. In Boston he opened two award-winning restaurants, BanQ and Kashmir. He returned to India as the senior executive chef of Novotel, Mumbai. Ranveer has gone on to do several TV shows including Ranveer's Cafe, Breakfast Xpress, Snack Attack, Homemade, Thank God It's Fryday and The Great Indian Rasoi. He was a judge in the fourth season of MasterChef India, and is currently in the process of opening new restaurants in Bengaluru, Madrid and Mumbai. He was featured in the list of 'Top10 Chefs of the Country' by Hotelier magazine, and was covered in the book Celebrated Chefs of India by Marryam H. Reshii. He was given the award for best TV chef at the Indian Telly Awards, 2015. Today, Ranveer describes himself as a food nomad who attempts to put his travels on to a menu. He is happiest when he has a kitchen to play in. Read More Read Less