Ranveer Brar

Ranveer Singh Brar (born 8 February 1978) is an Indian celebrity chef, Masterchef India judge, author, restaurateur and actor.

He is well known as the host of popular Television food shows and as a judge in MasterChef India (Seasons four, six, seven and eight), alongside fellow chefs Sanjeev Kapoor (Season 4), Vikas Khanna (all seasons),Vineet Bhatia (Season 6) , Garima Arora (Season 7) and Pooja Dhingra (Season 8)

He has set up restaurants in India and abroad and curated the menu of many more.

He also has a YouTube channel with more than 7 million subscribers.

Born in Lucknow, India, into Sikh family to Ishwar Singh and Surinder Kaur, Brar was inspired by the local Kebab vendors in Lucknow at a young age which led him to pursue his love for food.

He did his schooling from HAL school Lucknow.

His passion to learn the art led him to volunteer as an apprentice to one of them, Munir Ustad.

Though his family initially resisted, they finally gave in, leading Brar to join Institute of Hotel Management, Lucknow, for a more formal initiation into the culinary world.

After completing his education at IHM, Brar began his career at the Taj Mahal Hotel.

In 2001, at Fort Aguada Beach Resort in Goa, he opened "Morisco" a seafood restaurant, "il Camino" an Italian restaurant and "Fishtail" a small open air barbeque eatery.

Back in Delhi in 2003, he was part of the newly opened Radisson Blu Hotel, Noida.

He also became the youngest executive chef of his time in the country at the age of 25.

He then left for Boston, Massachusetts, where he opened "Banq", a fine Franco-Asian restaurant.

Banq won numerous awards including the Best New Restaurant in the World by the magazine "Wallpaper".

The restaurant is now permanently closed.

Following this, he was appointed Corporate Chef for the One World Hospitality Group, one of the oldest restaurant groups in Boston.

Back in India, he joined Novotel, Juhu Beach, Mumbai, as the Senior Executive Chef.

Brar designed a menu for the MTV India chain of restaurants, launched by Viacom 18 consumer products wing.

Chef Brar debuted as a judge in Season 4 (2014) MasterChef India along with chefs Sanjeev Kapoor and Vikas Khanna and appeared again in Season 6 (2020) with chefs Vineet Bhatia and Vikas Khanna

Sony BBC Earth

FLYP @ MTV, the first restaurant opened in Delhi in mid-December 2015, with the next launch in Chandigarh, and the third instalment in Mumbai fall of 2017.

He created and launched an 'artisan' line of meal kits in association with Haute Chef in December 2015.

He also launched a premium patisserie called English Vinglish in Mumbai in spring 2016 featuring fusion Indian desserts, breads and bakes.

He opened an all-vegetarian fine-dining restaurant in Mumbai in Dec 2016 called TAG Gourmart Kitchen by Ranveer Brar, as well as the restaurant Mayura (now closed) in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada in 2017.

Brar was responsible for the F&B conceptualization for the restaurants at the heritage property Alila at Bishangarh by Alila Hotels and Resorts

He was brought on board Royal Caribbean International for curating gourmet Indian food on two of their cruise liners on their Singapore sailings.

He also associated with Thomas Cook India for curating the menu for niche Indian travelers traveling abroad.

Brar toured different cities in India alongside Mercedes-Benz India via the Ranveer Brar Culinary Academy, hosting cooking workshops and demos pan India, as part of the former's Luxe Drive Live campaign.

In September 2023, Ranveer opened an Indian restaurant in Dubai Festival City Mall named Kashkan.

The restaurant offers a pan-Indian menu that spans the length and breadth of the country, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.

Zee Khana Khazana / Living Foodz / Zee Zest

He has hosted various cookery shows on Zee Zest (formerly known as Zee Khana Khazana Channel and Living Foodz):

Thank God Its Fryday - Zoom (Indian TV channel)

Brar has hosted Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of Thank God Its Fryday in association with Philips India on Zoom (TV channel), where he visited iconic eateries across India and recreated his own versions of their famous dishes in the Philips Airfryer

Masterchef India

Season 7 of the show (2023) saw the return of Chef Brar as a judge along with Chef Vikas Khanna and first time judge, Chef Garima Arora.

In the summer of 2018, he curated and presented Secrets Behind Food for Sony BBC Earth comprising three shows: Supermarket Secrets, Food Factory Supersized and Food Detectives.

Raja Rasoi Aur Andaaz Anokha - Epic TV

Hosted 2 seasons of a back to roots and explorative food show for Epic TV titled Raja Rasoi Aur Andaaz Anokha which saw him recreating food history and traditional recipes from across Indian regions set in an idyllic bungalow complete with traditional cooking implements

Colors TV