Chef Suresh Pillai is an Indian born British Chef and restaurateur. He has now started his own restaurant chain brand called Restaurant Chef Pillai. He has worked in several top restaurants in London including Veeraswamy and Gymkhana. He has also contested in British TV Reality Show MasterChef :The Professionals. He left his career in London to join as the corporate chef and culinary director of a Five Star Hotel called The Raviz.
He had a difficult childhood and is a self-made man who slowly worked his way up in the hotel industry. He was a chess player and participated at the state and national level. He was the under-18 champion of Kollam district He started his career as a waiter in Kollam and then slowly made his way to being a cook. he has worked in Kozhikode before he moved to Bangalore and worked in Coconut Grove. He recreated an original recipe of Kerala and gave it his twist. It is one of the most sought after recipes on the tube today called the Fish Nirvana. Later he moved to the Leela Palace and worked his way up. Later he moved to London and worked in Veeraswamy, Darbar restaurant, Hoppers. In 2017, he contested in the British reality TV show MasterChef: The Professionals (series 10) on BBC Two. He is also very popular on social media for his inimitable style of presenting.
In this conversation with the host Dhanya, Suresh Pillai retraces his journey. He talks about why he made the career choices that he did, what kept him going and motivated. He talks about his early days of struggle and how he slowly rose to the position that he is in. He talks about how he constantly kept himself motivated and inpsired many others to follow suit. His recipes carry the heritage of Kerala cuisine in its flavour and how he is so proud to serve it to his customers the world over. He talks about how playing chess influenced him to think ahead and make his next moves. Chef Suresh Pillai talks about the food poisoning incidents in Kerala and makes an observation about why such cases are on the rise. He talks from a larger societal perspective as to how one needs to elevate the standard of life in Kerala. The business perspective of food business and why is it considered tricky is delved into here. Chef talks about his family especially his mother and his wife who have helped him shape who he is today. In this two part series there are many valuable insights, life lessons and stories that one can take away. His is the story of a man through sheer hard work and determination changed the course of his life.
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About this channel, I AM with Dhanya Varma.
This is the official KZfaq channel of Dhanya Varma, a talk show host, actor, emcee, a TEDx speaker based out of Kochi Kerala. She was the host of the very popular show The Happiness Project on Kappa Tv. I AM with Dhanya Varma is a candid conversation / Talk show in Malayalam, that hopes to bring out stories from the lives of various people, featured as guests on this show. The interview show hopes to bring out aspects from people`s lives that could inspire/motivate you and help better your lives. This malaylam chat show is inspirational in nature and hopes to provide tips, advice and life lessons that one could apply in our day to day lives. This Talk Show while being entertaining also hopes to add value to your life by bringing in new thoughts, ideas and start conversations around the same.