Meet The Celebrity Chef with the Midas' Touch - Chef Saby
Red Rhino Craft Brewery + Inspired Kitchen Patron Chef
Chef Saby has a cult following in the culinary world, and hails from a mofussil town in West Bengal – Asansol. As the President of the Young Chefs’ Forum of the Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA), the dynamic Chef also happens to be the youngest Indian Chef to don the hat of a Corporate Chef while at Olive Bar and Restaurants. Armed with the knowledge that he has gathered over the years, Saby is almost an institution in himself.
A philanthropist, an educator and mentor to young Chefs, this dynamic Chefentrepreneur is the founder member of prominent Indian Chef’s associations – IFCA, WICA (West India), SICA (South India) – and is also a member of and mentor in the Indian Culinary Federation (ICF).
Promoting sustainable food and slow food has brought him on the global slow food alliance – Craft Chef’s Guild. Featured prominently in all contemporary electronic and print media – Fat ya Fit Chef (CNN-IBN), a culinary judge on MasterChef India, among others – Chef Saby has wowed audiences with his new age cookery show – The Urban Cook (Zee Khanna Khazana, which is now Living Foodz).
The success of his restaurant projects has been documented by YourStory while his best-seller restaurant Lavaash by Saby in the capital got featured in the NatGeo Traveller. A regular panelist in various knowledge forums across the country, Chef Saby features as a case study across B-schools in the UK through the talk show ‘Ten Minutes With’ to inspire students.
The award-winning culinary professional was decorated by the President of India with the Best Chef Award 2012 – one among the numerous accolades for this decorated valedictorian from the prestigious Institute of Hotel Management, Kolkata:
- Golden Hat 2018- Chef Awards Indian Culinary Forum ( The Leela, New Delhi)
- Silver Hat 2014 - Chef Awards, Indian Culinary Forum 2014 (The Ashok, New Delhi)
- Culinary Leadership Award 2017 – International Chefs Conclave, IFCA (Pullman, Delhi)
- Best Chef of India 2010 – Varli Awards (New York)
- Best Mentor to young Chef 2019 – Ifca all India Chef’s Congress
- Organic Chef of the year 2019-by Eazy diner ( by Vir Sanghvi).
Every restaurant that he has headed, launched and set up has been awarded at all the food award ceremonies in this country. He has also been trusted with the responsibility of being the President of the Young Chefs Forum, under WACS (Worlds Association of Chefs Societies), to groom the budding chefs.
Through Fabrica by Chef Saby – his restaurant solutions venture – he has curated some of the most-talked about restaurant brands now running successfully across the length and breadth of the country. With a long list of such acclaimed brands established by Chef Saby including Sodabottle Openerwala, Olive Bistro, The Wine Company, The Beer Café (Delhi, Mumbai, Pune), Amreli (Hotel Diplomat, New Delhi) among others, he constantly endeavours to innovate and create unique dining concepts and destinations to cater to epicureans in the country.
His current restaurants -
- Lavaash by Saby, New Delhi 2015 ( Partner and Chef)
- Mineority by Saby, Pune 2016 ( Partner and Chef)
- Byg Brewski, Bengaluru 2017 (Culinary Director)
- Bob’s Bar, Bengaluru 2018 (Culinary Director)
- Gylt – Lounge bar and Club 2019 (Culinary Director)
- Poppins Hotal Gurgaon 2019 ( Partner and Chef)
Chef Saby
Chef Saby has endorsed some of the finest food products and brands from across the globe (including the world’s finest kitchen appliances brand - Miele from Germany, Olives from Spain, Godrej Nature’s Basket, Le Marche, Food Hall Studio, Electrolux appliances, USDA Agri Products, Washington Apple and Pears, California Walnut Council, Food and Wine Canada, Meat and Live Stock Australia, Norwegian Seafood, US Poultry and Egg Association, USA Turkey, Icelandic Lamb, Daawat Rice, Round Glass Wellness Retreats, Palate Food Feast Delhi, etc.