Abhijit Saha
Awarded “Chef of the Year’ 2015-16 at the Times Food Awards, Bangalore, India
Best Chef of India, 2013’ at the Indian Restaurant Congress and Award
 
Abhijit Saha is the Founding Director and Chef of Avant Garde Hospitality Pvt. Ltd., which owns and operates multi award winning restaurants Caperberry and Fava in Bangalore. His Signature Indian restaurant, Saha (A joint venture with Buyan Pte Ltd) which has now relocated to the prestigious National Gallery from Duxton Hill, Singapore, was awarded the Epicurean Star Award for Best New Restaurant, 2014 by the Restaurant Association of Singapore. In 2015 Chef Saha opened Café Cassia, a quaint and relaxed eatery at the Cinnamon boutique in Bangalore. With twenty five year of varied experiences, Chef Saha is an expert in Classical and Modern European & Regional Indian cuisines.

In the past he has also won the Celebrity Chef of the Year Award, 2012-13’ by UpperCrust, ‘IFCA Entrepreneur Chef of the Year’ Award 2008-09 and the SICA ‘Golden Hat’ Award 2010 for outstanding contribution to the culinary profession. 

Chef Saha has participated as a Guest Chef & Speaker at ‘The World of Flavours Conference‘– 2004, 2005 and 2007 in Culinary Institute of America, Gourmet Abu Dhabi, 2012 & World Gourmet Summit 2015, Times Litreture Festival 2012 and Ted Ex 2013 amongst others.

Abhijit Saha has studied Hotel Management from IHM Pusa New Delhi; Food Service Technology/ Design and Oenology in Johnson and Wales University, Providence, USA. He has enjoys F1 Racing, fine wines, travel, photography, architecture and design.