“With self-denial take the well-selected meal;
So shall thy frame no sudden sickness feel.”
says Saint Thiruvalluvar’s Thirukkural written over 2000 years ago.
For the discerning readers of navjeevanexpresss.com, Celebrity Master Chef Dr. Kaviraj Khialani’s articles will help to prepare nutritious and healthy foods of India as well as international ones.
Before publishing his articles, we are publishing this curtain-raiser on him.
The 3Cs
Committed, competent, and compatible is how he describes himself in three words, featured on Star Plus in the year 2000, on Colors Television on 13 episodes on the first food reality show and also endorsing a kitchen gadget in a commercial advertisement on Tele-Mall on television promo ad.
From an 11-month-old model his passion for cooking which grew within him from the age of 7 years and never looked back, aspired him to acquire his basic’s at home and further down by joining professional courses in India and overseas to make him one of the country’s well recognised successful name in the world of culinary and hospitality.
He is specialised in over 33 types of international cuisines and also loves doing fusion foods to add change and varieties with his touch of creativity and innovation with food.
Awards speak on his culinary skills
He has been awarded the prestigious “Bharat Vidya Ratan Award” at New Delhi acknowledging his excellence in his field of expertise. -National Award for Excellence!
In February 2020, he also received The Best Chef Asia Award at the Taj in Mumbai for his outstanding contribution to the field of culinary and hospitality education.
The year 2020 conferred upon him several Awards like the “Man of Excellence Award” 2020 by The Indian Achievers Forum- New Delhi.
“The Global Icon for Excellence Award” by The Global Digital Academy- Mumbai, India.
The M.V.L.A Trust has also presented him with The Golden Peacock National Award 2020 for his passion and skills exhibited in his area of interest being Culinary and Hospitality Education.
He also received an “Honorary Doctorate” for his outstanding achievements from “The Hope International World Record” appreciating his dedication to his chosen area of expertise for over two decades.
Excellent educator
He has also won the International Education Award for Excellence and Commitment to the field of Hospitality Education in India by the International Education Awards Forum.
The Explore Journal also titled him as “Prince of Food Porn” giving him a full-page cover feature in the January 2021 issue and also awarded him the title of the Ambassador of the United World!
His work experience includes Taj group of hotels and Kuwait Airways which balances his experience with hotels as well as catering for international airlines keeping in mind the highest possible level of hygiene and quality.
With over 21 years of experience now, he is also known to pen down the not so popular topics via books like Arabic cookery was his first book published in India in 2004, he has also worked on Filipino Cookery, 100 ways with fusion foods, lockdown cooking, quarantine memories with food and the most awaited “life of a hotel management student “to name a few of his unusual titles.
Life-long student
Crisp, Candid, and Confident being his Passion to Perfection Mantra always keeps him Learning each day, and working on new ways with ingredients and concepts keep him on top of the charts!
He has also been a food writer & columnist, author, blogger and has contributed articles and recipes to over 25 publications worldwide with his creative ideas from the food and hospitality industry.
Star Plus and Colors television also invited him to be on their food reality shows. Television advertisements and endorsement of kitchen-related gadgets also saw him getting loads of recognition and fan following globally.
Hotel and restaurant consultancies, menu designing and presentations, food designer, critic, and creative cuisine specialist to many food companies as well have offered him world-class experience in the field of research and development.
“I want to be known as one who could always do something different with a touch of class and a twist of taste” are some of his positive and motivational lines to inspire the younger generation to become successful names in the food and hospitality industry.
He has also been a culinary guru, mentor, academician for over 20 years now and wants to be a supportive hand for those who need it the most.
