Chef: Vikas Khanna
Vikas Khanna is an award-winning Michelin starred Indian chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer, filmmaker, humanitarian and the host of the TV show MasterChef India and Masterchef Junior. In 2011, People magazine put Khanna in the list of "Sexiest Man Alive" and also referred to him as "The Hottest Chef of America". He has worked for the Taj, Oberoi, Welcomgroup, and Leela Group of Hotels and with some of the most influential chefs of the world, including Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Flay, Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Khanna started a restaurant in 2009, in Flatiron district of New York, called Junoon, which was later rolled out in Dubai.
Michelin star restaurant: Yes
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Restaurants in the region: Junoon, Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai
Chef: Simon Rimmer
Rimmer originally studied fashion and textile design and taught himself to cook. He then founded his first restaurant, Greens, a vegetarian restaurant in West Didsbury, Manchester in 1990. He opened his second restaurant, Earle, in Hale in 2006, followed by his first overseas outlet, The Scene, in Dubai.
Michelin star restaurant: No
Restaurants in the region: The Scene, Pier 7, Dubai
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