Santosh

Santosh was born and raised in a small village in Nepal. Ingredients from his childhood feature profoundly in his dishes. Santosh’s unique style is a mixture, he takes tradition and elevates it to create fresh and contemporary flavours. Santosh moved to India at fourteen and he took a job as a kitchen porter at a five star hotel. Inspired by the Chefs he worked with, his love for food really began.

Ever since Santosh has grown and has travelled through his culinary career making him a contemporary Chef that can’t stop creating revolutionary dishes. After 13 years of cooking in hotels in India and Montenegro, Santosh moved to the UK, starting his career at Dishoom, before moving onto Benares, working under Atul Kochar. He then spent two years at renowned restaurant Cinnamon Kitchen, where he was given creative licence to really experiment.

Santosh moved on to become Executive Chef at Baluchi, a contemporary fine-dining Indian concept in a 5 star hotel in London. He most enjoys cooking privately in people’s homes where he can see with his own eyes the delight his food brings to the party guests.

Santosh, notably, was in the final of MasterChef: The Professionals in 2020 and was hailed ‘the peoples champion’ after delighting with unique and delightful dishes, showing also, his kind and unassuming personality.