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Pranav Joshi is an Indian celebrity chef, television personality, restaurateur, food consultant, entrepreneur and columnist. Joshi has hosted shows on Zee TV, ETV Gujarati and Food Food among others and is also the brand ambassador for Fortune Foods.

Early Life

Joshi was born in April 1977 to a Gujarati family in Ahmedabad in India. After a diploma course in his native city, he moved to Australia in 1999 to pursue a degree in hospitality management from the Australian School of Tourism and Hotel Management in Perth where he also realised his passion for cooking. He then went on to study further at the West Coast Institute of Management in Perth. To hone skills that were integral to becoming a top chef he obtained a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery from Bentley, South Metropolitan TAFE.

Career

In 2002, he started working at various cafés and hotels in Australia and later opened his own restaurant with a friend.

After his return to India in 2007, he began working with Ahura Group of Restaurants. In 2008, he hosted his first TV show Rasoi on ETV Gujarati (now Colors Gujarati). He also appeared on TV shows aired on channels Food Food and Zee Khana Khazana that garnered high ratings.

As an ambassador for Fortune, Joshi has developed food products and shows for radio, TV and YouTube. He can also be seen on the show Har Ghar Mai Super Chef on one of India’s most viewed social media food platforms ‘India Food Network’.

To share his knowledge of food, Joshi opened “The Cooking Academy” in 2013 in Ahmedabad.

With years of experience under his belt, another feather in Joshi’s cap is food consultancy. He works with restaurants, cafés and resorts to build one-of-its-kind food experiences for the customers. Some of his consultancies include Skyz, Wildwinds Resorts, Qwiches, Suryam Repose, Madhuriya by Rajwadu, The other side, Temptt 1, Temptt 2 and Café Rebus.