Abhishek Kukreti has been appointed as Executive Chef at Hilton Jaipur
Hilton Jaipur, announced today that Abhishek Kukreti has been appointed head chef of the hotel.
Armed with a culinary expertise of 17 years in the hospitality field, Chef Abhishek says, "I am extremely delighted to be a part of Hilton Worldwide and foresee a sharp learning curve in my career graph. I look forward to making positive and creative contributions, combining my passion & strategic thinking with a 360 degree approach towards internal & external stakeholders."
Born and raised in Kotdwara, Uttarakhand, Abhishek has a Degree in Hotel management from IHM Bangalore. Whilst gaining theoretical and technical knowledge, Abhishek has also been hands on, hence making him very versatile in his trade. Since then, his career has taken him to hotels and restaurants from Middle East, Europe and the United States to back home to his native - India.
Though he specializes in Western cuisine, as a result of his travelling and absorbing the cuisines of different places, he has picked up a lot of cooking techniques, ingredients from each and every place that he has worked and brought about some element of his own creativity to that cuisine. He loves to put the element of surprise in his dishes.
During his career as a Chef, he has worked with renowned brands like Starwood, IHG, Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Carnival corporation and also has been part of pre-opening hotels across the globe.
Finesse in his approach to food has been nurtured under Michelin star Chefs like G Garvin and Pierre Gagnaire.
Chef loves to travel and recreate traditional lost recipes with a signature of his own
With his extensive knowledge of the hospitality industry and global culinary experience of luxury hotels and restaurants, Executive Chef Abhishek is a great asset to Hilton Jaipur.