Culinary Culture has announced this year’s Top 30 Chefs, Special Award Winners, and the Next 30 of their Food Superstars Awards, a celebration of India’s most talented and innovative chefs. The annual event was kicked off by chairman Vir Sanghvi in Kolkata and drew some of the well-known names from the food world. Are you excited to find out who made it to the Top 30 list this year? Keep reading to find out!
Culinary Culture Announces Their Top 30 Food Superstars Award Winners
The Food Superstars Awards is an annual ceremony presented by Culinary Culture. The awards honour and recognise India’s most talented chefs who bring innovation to the culinary space. Special awards are also presented across various categories, including Sustainable Chef, Pastry Chef, Icon Chef, Legend Chef, and People’s Chef.
Before we get to the list, let us tell you what these awards are actually for. Culinary Culture, co-founded by Vir Sanghvi and Sameer Sain, is one of India’s leading platforms that rates culinary events and content. In addition to that, the platform aims to celebrate India’s food scene and is known for hosting these annual awards to recognise the country’s top chefs. Unlike other award functions, the Food Superstars Awards are different. Plus, the awards are presented to individual chefs for their skills and innovations, not restaurants. That’s why the list holds such importance in the Indian culinary space.
The awards night was hosted at ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata, and kicked off by Culinary Culture’s Chairman, Vir Sanghvi, one of India’s most celebrated journalists and writers. Culinary Culture announced the Top 30 Chefs, Special Award Winners and the Next 30 on their Instagram page. They wrote, “Presenting India’s Top 30 Chefs, Special Award Winners and Next 30 of #FoodSuperstars2025. Congratulations to all the chefs recognised this year. Your talent, dedication and passion for excellence continue to shape India’s food story. FoodSuperstars – India’s Top 30 Chefs, presented by @godawansinglemalt, honours and celebrates the country’s greatest chefs.”
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Top 30 Chefs Of 2025: Full List
Here is the complete list of chefs who made it this year:
- Himanshu Saini
- Johnson Ebenezer
- Manu Chandra
- Gresham Fernandes
- Doma Wang
- Prateek Sadhu
- Varun Totlani
- Naren Thimmaiah
- Alex Sanchez
- Shantanu Mehrotra
- Nooresha Kably
- Nikhil Nagpal
- Avinash Martins
- Lakhan Jethani
- Manuel Olveira
- Rahul Gomes Pereira
- Seefah Ketchaiyo
- Will Aghajanian
- Niyati Rao
- Shubham Thakur
- Pooja Dhingra
- Ralph Prazeres
- Kavan Kuttappa
- Sahil Mehta
- Amninder Sandhu
- Zhang Hongsheng
- Manish Sharma
- Adwait Anantwar
- Koyel Roy Nandy
- Harish Rao
Special Award Winners 2025
Alongside the top 30, Culinary Culture also announced the special awards:
- Hussain Shahzad- Hall of Fame 2025
- Vicky Ratnani- People’s Chef 2025
- Vanshika Bhatia- Sustainable Chef 2025
- Madhav Dayal- Young Chef 2025
- Jai Prakash Singh- Legend Chef 2025
- Surender Mohan- Icon Chef 2025
- Vinesh Johny- Pastry Chef 2025
The Next 30 list was also revealed, recognising chefs who are making their mark beyond this year’s highest-ranking names. Congratulations to all the chefs who made it to the Food Superstars 2025 list!
Were you happy to see some of your favourite chefs on the list? Let us know in the comments!
Cover Image Courtesy: @culinarycultureco/ Instagram
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