Chef Vivek Chauhan wins pastry chef of the year award, 2021

Greater Noida, October 2021: Chef Vivek Chauhan, the Executive Pastry Chef at Le Meridien, has been recently awarded Pastry Chef of the Year by the IHE2021 Excellence Awards held at IEML Greater Noida for his accomplished reputation in Culinary art and his contribution in skill sharing and knowledge. 

Contestants were drawn from hundreds of nominations. These were whittled down to 8 finalists, out of which the award was bestowed upon Chef Vivek Chauhan, Le Meridien, New Delhi, and Rishabh Sharma from Leela Palace, New Delhi.  

This year 100 hospitality professionals from across the country got honored from the India International Hospitality Expo (IHE) 2021 from September 24-27, 2021. 

The four-day event IHE Excellence Awards honour the best of the best hoteliers in their respective regions and across the nation. After mega-successful two on-ground and one virtual edition of India International Hospitality Expo that left the most prominent names from the hospitality industry enthralled, IHE was all set for the fourth edition. Promising to be more focused on B2B meetings, this event continued to make the hospitality and F&B industry a catalyst for the region’s economic growth and work towards its lofty vision – to become the Biggest Hospitality and F&B Show in Asia.

Sharing his thoughts on achieving this recognition, Chef Vivek Chauhan said, “I am honoured to receive the award as it gives me an incredible pride. I am happy that the hospitality industry has been proactive engaging and cheering up the hope amongst professionals and businesses since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic last year, and processes for seamless continuity through organising such events”.

Chef Vivek Chauhan was later applauded by Chef Davinder Kumar, the Executive Chef & Vice resident at Le Meridien Hotel New Delhi. 

About Chef Vivek:

A patissier and chocolatier, Chef Vivek Chauhan is a highly accoladed Patisserie Chef with an illustrious experience of 22 years, currently associated with Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi. An IHM, Gwalior graduate in Hotel Management, Chef Vivek's passion to learn beyond stereotypical creations and reinventions has allowed him to work with Michelin Star Chefs Allyn Williams and Chef Eric Chavot & others of International Reputees. His culinary experience includes his incredible years at various prestigious properties - Taj Mahal Hotel, One Aldwych, London, The Lancaster London, the Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, The Westbury Mayfair, London and The Imperial, New Delhi. Chef Vivek is a recipient of multiple honours and awards; most notable among them is the most recent‘ Pastry Chef of the Year 2018' conferred upon by ICF. He has also hosted opulent dinners for the Association of Pastry Chefs and Craft Guild of Chefs in the UK.