Belagavi :
City based chef Mandaar Sukhatanakar has been awarded with Chef of the Year in the Times Food and Night Life Awards for 2015-16 organized by the Times of India recently at Hyderabad.
It was the first time, People’s Choice Award instituted by the Times of India. In previous year, Mandaar had adjudged as one among top 10 young chefs of India that had published in The Celebrated Chefs of India, a publication of Times Group. Mandaar is the son of late Col. Ajit and Bharati Sukhatanakar from Belagavi.
Born in Belagavi, Mandaar is a graduate with BSc in Hospitality from Institute of Hotel Management, New Delhi. He has trained in the US and Europe and specializes in Italian Cuisine. Currently he is executive chef of The Park Hotel in Hyderabad and controls nine kitchens, which run under him. The award function took place in Hyderabad on 6th February.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Mangalore / TNN / February 10th, 2016