Dr. Chef Bali, a native of village Chack Kanispora, Baramulla in Kashmir, dreamed of being a
Neuro surgeon, landed up doing Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College in
Kashmir, Not being able to cope up with his professional studies and preparations for
medical exams, decided to join hotels as he thought it will give him more time to prepare
for his medical ventures. He does not remember when the Kitchens took over him completely
and he is very happy as he still wears white and cuts…it’s only the commodities that have
changed in his dreamed career.
With over three decades of experience, he is presently the director at School for European
Pastry and Culinary Arts. He Graduated from Institute of hotel management in Kolkata in the
year 1993 and joined Oberoi Center of Learning and Development to build his career in the
kitchens with Oberoi Group of hotels. He graduated from OCLD in year 1995 with a gold medal
and his first assignment was in The Oberoi New Delhi in pastry kitchen. He worked under
numerous expat chefs to gain knowledge and skills which made him bag the gold medal at the
Oberoi Culinary Olympics held in 1996.
He has completed his Pro Certification level 2 from Culinary Institute of America. He is one
of the only three chefs in India to have been professionally certified by CIA and American
Culinary Federation. He is also one of the chefs in the world, who has scored the highest
marks in Pro certification level 2 and 3
Chef Bali worked with Oberoi Center of Learning and Development as corporate chef Learning
and Development for over 2 decades and has now decided to open up his own Culinary School
called School of European pastry and Culinary Arts in Gurugram, Haryana in summer of 2024.
