Pankaj Bhadouria

Pankaj Bhadouria

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Pankaj Bhadouria Profile

  • Name:
  • Pankaj Bhadouria
  • Born:
  • July 14, 1971
  • Father:
  • Vinod Khanna
  • Mother:
  • Priya Khanna
  • Spouse:
  • Charu Samarth

Pankaj Bhadouria Biography

Pankaj Bhadouria is a celebrity chef and the winner of Star TV’s most popular cookery show – Master Chef India (season 1). The first season of the show was hosted by Akshay Kumar, who has been a chef before entering film industry. Pankaj has been a school teacher for many years, before she participated in the first season of the show. She participated in Master Chef India (season 1) in 2010. 50 contestants participated for the show, where she emerged as the winner. Later she hosted the cookery show on Star Plus - "Chef Pankaj Ka Zayka ", and many more shows apart from conducting workshops. As the winner of the show, Shipra got opportunity to publish her own cookery book and host a cookery show, apart from winning 10 Lakh Indian rupees as cash prize. With this single show, she became a celebrity chef.

 

She was born on 14 July 1971 in Lucknow to Vinod Khanna and Priya Khanna. She has one younger brother. She lost her father at the age of 13 years. After Masters in English Literature from Lucknow University, she started her professional journey as a teacher at City Montessori School in 1994. She is married to Charu Samarth and the couple has two children. To participate in the cookery show – Master Chef India, though she requested for a leave, it was not granted. So she took risk and resigned from her post as teacher to participate in the show, where she emerged as the winner. Her parents were excellent cooks and her kids pushed her to join the show.

 

Later she has hosted many cookery shows on television which include - Chef Pankaj Ka Zayka, Kifayati Kitchen, 3 Course with Pankaj, Rasoi se- Pankaj Bhadouria ke Saath etc. She was the first Master Chef Winner across the world to have an official MasterChef Cookbook. Barbie- I am a Chef and Chicken from my Kitchen are her published cookery books. In August 2012, she launched The Pankaj Bhadouria Culinary Academy, through which she shares the art of cooking.

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Updated: February 20, 2016

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