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Montu Saini (born 5 August 1982) is an Indian chef based in New Delhi. He was posted as Executive chef to the President of India in the Rashtrapati Bhavan from June, 2015 to July, 2020.[1][2][3][4] He is the recipient of "Young Hotel Chef" Award 2014[5][6] from Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Association Of India and "Master Chef" Award 2014 from Indian Culinary Forum
Montu Saini was associated with Ashok Group of Hotel since 2005. He joined Ashok Group of Hotels as a Kitchen Management Trainee and became a Chef in 2007 promoting to Sous Chef in March 2014. Notably he is also the youngest member of the Club des Chefs des Chefs.[7][4]
As a Presidents Secretariat headed the kitchen Brigade of family and state banquets. He has hosted banquets to some of the highest dignitaries of the world from countries like Tanzania,[8] Republic of Mozambique,[9] French Republic,[10] Abu Dhabi,[11] Myanmar,[12] Republic of Egypt,[13] Israel,[14] Republic of Indonesia[15] since his position as the executive chef to the president of India.
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- ^ "State Visit of President of Myanmar to India (August 27-30, 2016)". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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- ^ "Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Banquet hosted in honour of the President of Israel, he Mr. Reuven Rivlin on November 15, 2016". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "India-Indonesia Joint Statement during the State visit of President of Indonesia to India (December 12, 2016)". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 8 February 2018.