Fusion of Indian food with international cuisine is what made Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi a name to reckon with in the hotel industry. Hailing from North India, Chef Harpal is a music lover and is fluent in English and five Indian languages - Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya and Telugu. A graduate from the catering school at Bhubaneshwar, he spent his initial years in learning different international cuisines, but later realized that his interest lay in unearthing the authentic regional Indian food.
Pursuing this goal Chef Harpal mastered the art of Indian food and created a niche for himself by learning authentic Hyderabadi food under Ustad Habib Pasha. Begum Mumtaz Khan, an authority in Hyderabadi cuisine, further helped him in enhancing his knowledge.
His quest for knowledge left him hungering for more and this led to his research on the link between Ayurveda and food, where, he can be easily given the credits of being the creator of Ayurveda cuisine, which is coming back into the scene in the 21st century. Chef Harpal strongly believes that today people are very health conscious and India cannot have a better blend of food and health if the Ayurveda beliefs were missing. He is known for bringing back the saga of using ancient Indian herbs and unique vegetables in his cooking. Some of the unique dishes in this genre are -- Drumstick Flower Pakodas, Red Pumpkin Flower Pakodas, Red Pumpkin Salad, amidst many more of such interesting ones. And talk about that passion or the love to cook good food, or his style and charisma, he surely has been able to win many a hearts by creating some outstanding palates for one and all.
Having worked with Indian restaurants like Vintage -- a Hyderabadi speciality restaurant, an Indian specialty restaurant in Luxembourg and Indian five star properties like Centaur Hotel-Juhu beach, The Oberoi - Bhubaneshwar, Hotel Tuli International - Vidarbha and The Regent -- Mumbai, Chef Harpal feels he received a breakthrough opportunity, when he joined The Regent, Mumbai, where he had the opportunities to develop the concepts for the restaurants.
His vision and greatest desire is to popularize the know-how of traditional Indian recipes and concept designing for restaurants in international cookery schools, across the globe.
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