Chef Venkatesh Bhat

Some Lesser Known Facts About Chef Venkatesh Bhat

• Venkatesh Bhat is an Indian hotelier and chef.

• He grew up in a middle-class family in Chennai.

• Bhat was not so good academically and failed 4 times in different classes in his school days. ^[3]Facebook- Vankatesh Bhat

• After completing his post-graduation, Venkatesh started working as a chef at Hotel Chola Sheraton (now, known as My Fortune), Chennai. He worked there for around two years.

  

• Thereafter, he joined Taj Coromandel, Chennai, as a management trainee in hotel operations and kitchen management. In 1998, he was promoted to the position of sous chef.

• In 2001, he joined The Leela Palace in Bangaluru as an executive sous chef and resigned from there as a corporate chef in 2006.

  

• Bhat launched Billionsmiles Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. in 2007. Under his venture, he started restaurants like South Indies, Up South, and Bon South in Bangalore.

• In 2012, Venkatesh joined The Accord Metropolitan Hotel and as of 2021, he is the CEO of the hotel.

• In 2014, Bhat appeared as a chef in the Tamil cooking reality TV show “Samayal Samayal with Venkatesh Bhat.”

  

• He has also appeared in the TV shows “Cook with Comali” (2019) and “Cooku with Kirikku” (2021).

  

• Vankatesh started a YouTube channel “Venkatesh Bhat’s Idhayam Thotta Samaya” in May 2020. He uploads his cooking videos on his channel and has around 2.6 Million subscribers to it (as of 2021).

• Bhat is also the CEO of The Accord Puducherry and Highland Hotel in Ooty.

• Vankatesh is also working as a chef at Royal Indianaa Restaurant, Chennai (as of 2021).

  

• In his free time, Bhat likes to travel and watch films.

• He is well-versed in five languages- Tamil, Kannada, English, Tulu, and Hindi.

• Even though Bhat is a vegetarian, he is proficient at cooking non-vegetarian food.

• Vankatesh believes that he is a ‘CEO’ by day and a ‘Chef’ by evening. ^[4]Facebook- Vankatesh Bhat

• He was awarded a Blacksheep Digital Award for ‘Top 10 YouTubers of 2020’ in 2021.

  

• His guru is Chef Nat.