Career
He was recently on Master Chef India 2015 as the Guest Chef, and has been inducted into The Order Of Escoffier Disciples. Manish Mehrotra, is the Corporate Chef, Luxury Dining for "Old World Hospitality Private Limited." and heads the kitchens of Indian Accent in New Delhi, Oriental Octopus in New Delhi and Lavasa.
Indian Accent has been awarded the "South. Pellegrino Best Restaurant in India" by Asia"s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 for the second consecutive year.
TripAdvisor has also ranked it the Number. 1 Restaurant in India.
Indian Accent has recently opened at Le Parker Meridien, New New York He calls his cooking style "modern Indian cuisine," and as “Indian food with an international accent,” or the other way around.
He participated in the 2011 Gourmet Summit in Singapore, being the only Indian Chef to be invited.
Manish has also been called the most exciting modern Indian chef in the world today. He was born in Patna, Bihar and spent most of his childhood in Patna. He did his schooling from Saint Xavier"s High School, Patna and hotel management from Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai.
Deciding to opt for hotel management was a conscious decision for Mehrotra and during the course he developed extreme liking for food production.
He started his career by getting selected as the Kitchen Management Trainee for the Taj Group of Hotels, where he mastered the art of pan Asian cuisine. Manish Mehrotra joined Old World Hospitality’s Oriental Octopus (the very popular members’ restaurant at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre) and travelled across Asia to train in Pan Asian Cuisine.
In 2009, he designed the path-breaking contemporary Indian menu of Indian Accent, at The Manor, New Delhi. The restaurant serves Indian food for the twenty first century with a unique marriage of global ingredients and techniques with the flavours and traditions of India.
Manish’s creativity is showcased by the unique amalgamation of the freshest local produce combining home style nostalgic tastes with unusual ingredients from across the world.