Role Player 2024

The rustic chef with a distinct sense of humor, Chef Gaurav Gidwani is no stranger to the land of food and hospitality. Having been the Culinary Director at K7 Grpouphospitality pvt ltd and is currently the AVP Culinary at fashionTV. Gidwani’s illustrious 25 year long career spans many continents as a culinary expert, travel buff and media critic / host. Having grown up in a hybrid family that blended multiple cultures and childhoods, his biggest culinary inspirations are his mother’s family meals that were always delectable yet explorative in nature. Each meal highlighting a unique and distinct taste that would, in his later years, lend itself greatly to develop his culinary sensibility, Chef Gidwani prides himself in mixing and matching ingredients from regiona lcuisines from across the globe to create his own signature ‘Gidwani touch’ to anything that is comfort food. This style of experimentation has positioned him as the most eminent chef in the hospitality industry, with his domain of excellence hence, lying in deciphering, decoding and deconstructing the food ingredients and recreating a whole new realm of flavors packed into something deceptively familiar yet unexplored. A slice of history: Armed with multiple specializations from The American Hotel and Motel Association post his graduation from Rizvi College of Hotel Management in Mumbai, Gaurav has worked in prestigious five star hotels such as The Orchid, ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton and Hyatt Regency where his fan following preceded his unusual approach to food. Having reviewed ace restaurants like The Noble House (The Raffles Dubai), Indigo (Grosvenor House), Sukothai (Le Meridien Garhoud), Fakhrelddin (Movenpick Bur Dubai), Shahrzad (Iranian restaurant Hyatt Regency Dubai) and many others, he went on to make his television debut as a food critic in the show ‘Eating Out – Season 1’ for Sony Entertainment in Dubai. Chef Gidwani’s unique approach to the culinary world sets him to be an inspiration to many.