His
Favorite Dish
About
Chef (Source:
Hospitality,
Vol. 1, Nov. 2000)
Chef
Rakesh Sethi is an alumnus of The Institute of Hotel
Management, Delhi and has a vast and varied
experience
behind him.
He joined the industry in the year 1982,
beginning with Hotel
Corporation of India. From here he was nominated
as Senior
Cook on deputation for few months in Household
section of the
President Estate when Honorable Shri R
Venkataraman was
the President of India.
Having worked in various positions in different
hotels Holiday
Inn Crown Plaza (Delhi), Hyatt (Delhi), Leela
Kempinski
(Mumbai), Parkroyal (Delhi) andYak & Yeti (Kathmandu).
The
jass Oberoi, khajuraho as Executive Chef in 1997
and after a
successful stint of 18 months, joined The Oberoi,
New Delhi
(as a member of Leading Hotels of the World) as
Executive
Sous Chef in 1999.
With
broad experience of running and opening new Kitchens
he describes himself as a Chef who puts his
burning desire to
produce excellent and wholesome nutritious food
above
anything else.
In his current position of Executive Sous Chef
his focus lies on
sharing his experience and work philosophy
gained through
working in all different hotels to broaden the
vistas of the
chefs around him, to amalgamate the different
cultures and
have a healthy vibrant cuisine for the next
millennium in
conjunction with the Oberoi principles and
philosophy.
"I
like to recreate western dishes with different flavors
and
spices" says
Chef Sethi."
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