Chef Hemant Oberoi is a celebrated and award-winning chef and Restaurateur. He also owns Masala Street in San Diego and Yantra by HemantOberoi in Singapore, apart from Martabaan by Hemant Oberoi in Abu Dhabi.
He was the face of Taj cuisine for so long. He has over five decades of experience out of which 43 years were with Taj. He started zodiac grill in 1989 and wasabi which went on to make it to the top 59 in Asia along with Varq. He has catered to almost all the heads of states and travelled with prime minister for 7 years to various countries. A multiple award winner, including the Executive Chef of the year award by H & F S Hosts, he is the only Indian chef to have been invited twice to demonstrate his cuisines at the World Gourmet Summit and the first Indian chef to the World Gourmet Club.
He was invited as a speaker at world economic forum in Davos to talk about Indian food, culture and civilization and to Columbia Business School for a lecture. He was also honoured at Lausanne school and at Kennedy centre Washington.