Qualifications: Cordon Bleu Chef (London UK), food stylist, food consultant and writer based in Mumbai, India.

As a Freelance Photographer and Feature Writer for magazines and periodicals such as Jetwings & Jetlite (Jet Airways In-flight Magazine), Liquid Magazine (Spenta), Publishing Houses like Tranquebar, Wilco & Rupa. As a writer contributed articles on cuisine, patisserie, desserts and sweets, for various newspapers, magazines and web-sites.

Cookbooks Enduring Flavours based on Indo Portuguese fusion / Morphy Richards rice cooker cooking / Co-written ‘Cuisines of the Immigrant population in New York’ / books for Morphy Richards and Daewoo electronics on microwave cooking.

TV Shows Have been featured on television for Australian Broadcast TV, Discovery Channel, TV product promotion for Prestige Dupont cookers. Have been featured and handle chefs for the popular Marathi Programme Aamchi Saare Khavaye..

Food Stylist done photo shoots for packaging, print advertisements, editorials, recipe development, recipe editing and cookery books. Apart from styling also handles some aspects of Art Directing and Propping on a set both for still and video formats.

Chef trained under Michelin Star Chefs, Andrew Males, Mathew Hardy, Claire Clark and Julie. Has assisted Four Seasons Pastry Chef 'Chef Fillip Tibos' at the Cordon Bleu London School.

As Chef he has worked in a variety of establishments. Taj Group of Hotels (Mumbai), Bombay Brasserie (London), Kuwait Airways (Kuwait) Menu Planner, Consulted with the British High Commission Mumbai, and several food establishments. Has cooked for several personalities like Sir G.K. Noon, Sir Andrew Pagewood Currently Freelance Corporate Chef for Food Intellect Pvt Ltd. Handling training and food development, concept planning etc.

 

Qualifications: Hotel Management Studies Mumbai, India. Has trained at the Oberoi Hotel Mumbai and at the Orchid Hotel. Well versed in Indian Cuisine.

Cookbooks Have worked on several industrial oriented cookbooks. Morphy Richards rice cooker cooking & Microwave cooking, Daewoo electronics on microwave cooking.

TV Shows Have been featured and handle chefs for the popular Marathi Programme Aamchi Saare Khavaye with Chef Neelaesh Limaye. Currently working on the team to produce “Master Chef” the international reality food show Hindi Version to be telecast on Star TV network.

Food Stylist working freelance as a food stylist Have done work for several leading food companies and editorial work.

Chef Trainer Have trained chefs and cooks at several establishments like Mapro’s, Bharat Petroleum Dhabas, Desi Tadka, The Bowl House to name a few.

 

Pravin Pol is a resident of Mumbai, India. Growing up, he always held a fascination for fine art. After graduating from the Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai, Pravin worked for a few years in the field of advertising with a few agencies as a "creative", in Mumbai. He has also worked in Dubai for some time.

Taking a step into the field of photography, he mastered the art of table top photography. A specialist in food photography, he says, "Great pictures are not only beautiful, but also effectively sell products". Imbibing various traits in his work, he has taken his art to a finer level by majoring in Advertising and Conceptual Photography.

Pravin has been featured by the "Asian Photography" magazine and his work features in several cookbooks written by leading chefs.

   
   
   

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