Rakesh Sethi is celebrity chef and television personality based in India. [1] [2] Sethi is currently corporate executive chef of Radisson Hotel Group. [3] [4] He is popularly known for his cooking show namely Mirch Masala on StarPlus. [5] [2]
Rakesh Sethi is celebrity chef and television personality based in India. [1] [2] Sethi is currently corporate executive chef of Radisson Hotel Group. [3] [4] He is popularly known for his cooking show namely Mirch Masala on StarPlus. [5] [2]
Sethi passed out from Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa in 1982 and began his culinary career as a Hotel corp of India unit chef. [6] [7] [8] In the 2000s, he hosted a show named Mirch Masala on the StarPlus which had a running length of over 160 episodes. [6] [2] He also worked as an Executive Chef at Ramada Plaza, New Delhi; Inter-Continental The Grand, New Delhi and East India Hotels, New Delhi. [9]
Sethi was part of team which created Guinness world record by preparing 918 kilogram of Khichdi at World food India exhibition of 2017. [10] [11] [12] As of 2019, he is corporate executive chef of Radisson Hotel Group. [13]
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