Ranveer Brar is an Indian celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, television show judge and food columnist. He served as a judge for three seasons (Season 4, Season 6 and Season 7) of the cooking reality show MasterChef India.
Wiki/Biography
Ranveer Singh Brar was born on Wednesday, February 8, 1978, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (46 years; as of 2024). His family hails from Kotralaka in Punjab. His zodiac sign is Aquarius. He attended HAL School in Lucknow. He received his Diploma in Hotel Management from the Institute of Hotel Management, Lucknow. When he was a child, he often accompanied his grandfather to the monastery. There, he used to enjoy watching people making langar. Once, when he was visiting the gurdwara with his grandfather, a cook asked him to accompany him in cooking sweet rice for langal. Slowly, he began assisting in communal cooking. During the interview, he also shared how he became interested in cooking. He said,
One thing led to another, and by the age of 17, I discovered that there was so much more to food than what I had learned in my community and neighbors. After spending many free hours with my friends exploring Old Lucknow at the Nagas and Akbari Gate, I came to enjoy the heritage, respect and stories intertwined with food. I worked with the kebab shop for 8 to 9 months. “
Ranveer Brar old photos
In an interview, he said that local kebab stall vendors in Lucknow inspired him to become a chef. However, his family wanted him to pursue a career in engineering, medicine or defense services. He even cleared the NDA entrance exam, but when he started assisting a vendor named Munir Ustad in Lucknow, he decided to make a career as a chef. Initially, his family was not happy with his decision. Gradually, they started supporting him and he enrolled in IHM Lucknow for a degree in hotel management.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
family
Ranveer was born into a family of Jat Sikh farmers.
Parents and siblings
His father Ishwar Singh works for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. His mother’s name is Surinder Kaur. He has a sister named Shalu.
Ranveer Brar and his father
Ranveer Brar and his mother
Ranveer Brar and his sister
wife and children
On July 14, 2013, he married Indian chef Pallavi. The couple first met in the kitchen of a hotel where Ranveer was the executive chef and Pallavi was the cook. Soon they became friends and fell in love with each other. Ranveer proposed to Pallavi over dinner (cooked by Ranveer) in Marco Island, Florida. The couple had a Maharashtrian wedding. The couple has a son named Ishaan Brar.
Ranveer Brar and his wife
Ranveer Brar and his son
sign
Ranveer Brar’s signature
Profession
chef
In January 1999, he began serving as the lead intern for the Taj Management Training Program. After working there for almost two years, he worked as a sous chef at the Taj Hotel Group in New Delhi. He worked there for two years. While working at Taj Hotels, he founded and ran two restaurants called Il Camino (Italian restaurant) and Morisco (International seafood restaurant). In 2003, he joined Radisson Blu Hotel, Noida as Executive Chef. While at Radisson, he founded two specialty restaurants, a coffee shop, a patisserie and a bar. In 2005, he left his job at the Radisson Hotel and began working at Claridges Hotel as executive chef. At Claridges, he opened two food and beverage outlets, Sevilla (an indoor-outdoor Med-style restaurant) and Senate (a business lounge with a fine dining restaurant). He renovated two restaurants: Jade (a Chinese specialty restaurant) and Pickwicks (a 24-hour restaurant). He worked there for two years, and in 2007, he opened a restaurant called BANQ in Boston, where he served as executive chef. His restaurants have been named the world’s best new restaurants by Wallpaper magazine and have been named best restaurants by local publications including the Improper Bostonian and Stuff. The restaurant subsequently closed permanently. He then began working as a corporate chef at One World Cuisine Hospitality Group in Boston. After working there for about three years, he began working as senior executive chef at hotel company Accor. He worked there until December 2014. He also worked at Oberoi Hotel.
Dining room
In December 2016, he opened a vegetarian restaurant called TAG – GourmArt Kitchen in South Mumbai. In 2017, he opened another restaurant called Mayura in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, which later closed.
Ranveer Brar at his TAG restaurant – GourmArt Kitchen
host
TV show
Ranveer has hosted many Indian cooking shows such as The Great Indian Rasoi Rasoi (Season 1 and 2; 2019-2020), Health Bhi Taste Bhi (2019), Northern Flavors – Meethi Masti (2020) and Food Tripping (With Chef Gautam Merich) (2022).
Ranveer Brar, “The Great Rasoi”
In October 2018, he hosted the travel and food program “Webmaster’s Lunch” broadcast on Living Foodz.
Ranveer Brar in Webmaster’s Lunch
In 2019, he served as the host of the TV show Himalayan Alternative Adventures, which showcased the cuisine of local tribes. The show airs on Zee TV Middle East.
Ranveer Brar’s offbeat adventures in the Himalayas
He also hosted three seasons of the cooking show “Thank God It’s Friday” (2014-2016), which aired on Zoom.
Ranveer Brar “Thank God It’s Friday”
Ranveer also served as a judge in seasons 4, 6 and 7 of the cooking reality show MasterChef India.
MasterChef India Season 6 (2019)
Some other cooking and food shows that Ranveer has hosted include Rasoi ki Jung Mummyon Ke Sung (2017) and Raja Rasoi Aur Andaaz Anokha (2019).
Ranveer Brar hosts Rasoi ki Jung Mummyon Ke Sung (2017)
Digital series
Ranveer has also hosted a number of cooking-themed digital series such as Ranveer on the Road (2016; Twitter), Maa ki Baat With Ranveer Brar (2019; YouTube) and Home Made Love (2019 years; TLC).
Ranveer Brar in Maa Ki Baat with Ranveer Brar
author
In 2016, he published his autobiography titled “Into My Kitchen.” In 2017, he wrote a recipe book called “Traditional Twists.”
Ranveer Brar’s book The Twist of Tradition
Other jobs
Ranveer has been working as a tutor in 4 Indian universities including IIHM Group of Institutions for a long time. He has curated menus for several popular restaurants including Alila Bishangarh, FLYP @ MTV, Thomas Cook and Royal Caribbean. In 2015, he collaborated with Haute Chef to launch a series of handcrafted meal kits. Ranveer hosts various cooking workshops organized by Ranveer Brar Culinary Academy in association with Luxe Drive Live events. In 2016, he launched ‘English Vinglish’, a premium patisserie in Mumbai.
Awards and Honors
- 2017: Indian Chef and TV Host of the Year Awards
- 2018: LFEGA “Food Entertainer of the Year” Award
- 2021: Indian Food Connoisseur Awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Food & Beverage Industry
- 2022: People’s Choice Culinary Icon of the Year Award
- 2022: Super Stylish Chef Pinkvilla Style Icon Award
Ranveer Brar wins award
income
In 2019, he earned Rs 499 crore.
Favorites
- Food: Kebab, Biryani, Khichdi, Murgh Choley, Dahi Pulki
- Cooking ingredients: ghee, coriander leaves
- Cuisine: Italian, Lucknow
- Quote: “The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved—for ourselves, or rather, in spite of ourselves” Victor Hugo, “A wise man is wise only because Because they love. Fools are fools only because they think they understand love.” Paulo Coelho
Facts/Trivia
- Ranveer’s father affectionately calls him Rangri. In an interview, he shared the story behind the name. He said,
I grew up in a Sikh household and was used to the Sunday “langar” culture. Maybe it was the joy of communal cooking that excited me, or maybe it was the pastor’s constant quest for help in letting me assist him in his cooking. Whatever it was, within a few years I started cooking for myself, which led my father to nickname me “Langri” (meaning temple cook). “
- Ranveer loves eating street food from Benares, Lucknow, Kolkata and Thailand.
- The first bike he owned was the Bajaj Caliber.
Ranveer Brar on his first bike
- He once had Sandesh, a 100-kind Bengali sweet, for lunch at Nakur in Kolkata.
- He also launched a range of cookware, bakeware, cutlery, cutlery and trays.
- He is also associated with home appliance brand Home Centre.
Ranveer Brar endorses Home Center
- Ranveer said in an interview that cooking for former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was one of his best culinary experiences.
- He was an honorary member of the James Beard Foundation (recognized by the foundation for his culinary contributions).
- He has been recognized by AIWF, AICA, the Mayor of Boston, and many others for his contributions to various cuisines.
- At the age of 25, he became the youngest executive chef of a five-star hotel in India.
- In an interview, he talked about his signature dish. He said,
I’d rather call it the most interesting dish that I like to make, it’s Dora Kebab. It has a delicate balance of flavors and aromas, and the kebab is held together by a silk thread (dora) that must be deftly pulled out one at a time. Lucnavi food is always the closest to people’s hearts, followed by Kolkata’s food. On the international stage, Italy is my favorite – eating and cooking. “
- He has worked with various brands such as Mercedes-Benz India, Bertolli Olive Oil, Gadre Marine Export Pvt Ltd, Philips India Kitchen Appliances and Victorinox.
- Ranveer Brar has uploaded his recipes on his official website and YouTube channel of the same name. In 2019, he launched a mobile app in partnership with Hungama Digital Media.
Ranveer Brar’s YouTube channel
- He follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- He is an avid animal lover and once had a pet dog named Bo.
Ranveer Brar and his pet dog
- In 2022, Ranveer was invited by the Lucknow government prisons department and the National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBD) to provide cooking skills to jails across Uttar Pradesh.
Ranveer Brar in the prison kitchen
- In his free time, he enjoys reading, watching movies, and hanging out with his family.
- In 2022, he was cast in the series “Baai” on Amazon Prime Video’s “Modern Love: Mumbai”. In the show, he plays Rajveer, a gay character.
modern love mumbai
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education