Hari Nayak, Chef | Restaurateur | Author

Hari, a professional chef started his culinary career at an early age in India. His early years were influenced by the cooking shows on TV by masters like Julia child, Martin Yen & Graham Kerr.

Hari graduated from the prestigious Welcomgroup School of Hotel Management in Manipal India. He has trained at several 5 star restaurants and apprenticed under some of legendary Master Chefs in India including Chef Imtiaz Quershi of Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi. Hari always admired finesse, class, and novelty. He gained formal training and practical experience in different world cuisines, all aspects of kitchen management, and the exquisite world of pastries.

To give his culinary quest a more formal direction, Hari joined The Culinary Institute of America to receive advanced training in Pastry and Culinary Arts. He graduated at the top of his class as an honor student in 1998. There has been no looking back for since then. Hari has been  a culinary  consultant on various projects around the globe. He has won several awards and recognition in the pastry world including pioneering the first Ice cream Patisserie of America! Halo Fete which opened in Princeton in 2005. He is a Co Founder of Cooking for life a non profit organization that brings together celebrated chefs for tasting events to raise funds for relief efforts around the world. Recently “Cooking for Life” hosted an event “The Living Pyramids” www.thelivingpyramids.org at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt to promote accessibility at the world Wonders, which will be followed by “Soul of Taj” at The Taj Mahal, India in 2007.  He has been charming his fans by his innovative, original and most of all passionate cooking. His career has been a celebration of food every step of the way! For more info log on to http://www.harinayak.com

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  Lamb Chops Hariyali

  Treat your family and friends to delicious lamb chops hariyali. An authentic Indian recipe that combines exotic ingredients and present to you the flavors and tast...

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  How To Cut A Carrot

  A simple and easy technique for peeling and cutting the carrot. Making salads and a host of other carrot recipes is now made more interesting with this video guid...

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  Coriander Crusted Salmon
   

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  Konkan Chili Prawns
   

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  Spiced Pumpkin Flan
   

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  Valentine's Ente..

  Make this the most romantic meal of the year Avoid abandoning your valenti..