Zorawar Kalra

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Zorawar Kalra is an Indian restuaurateur and entrepreneur. In 2016, he appeared as one of the hosts of MasterChef India Season 5, which was aired on StarPlus.Zorawar Kalra belongs to a family of restaurateurs. His father, Jaspal Inder Singh Kalra, was a celebrated chef and author. He was known for serving the likes of former United States President Bill Clinton, British royals Prince Charles, and the Late Princess Diana. He has represented India at numerous international cuisine festivals and summits. [7]Hindustan Times Zorawar Kalra’s father, Jiggs Kalra.In an interview, Zorawar Kalra talked about his father and said that his father was his biggest influence on the approach to his restaurant business. He quoted, My father was the biggest influence. I had pretty much decided to go into the restaurant business in my preteen years. I travelled the world with my father and observed his lifestyle, which I found very intriguing. This has also exposed me to great food early in life. He would always tell me, first figure out something to do for free and then find a way to make money through it.” [8]Big Hospitality.After six years, he founded Massive Restaurants. Massive restaurants operate numerous fine-dining restaurants like Masala Library by Jigs Kalra, Made in Punjab, Farzi Cafe, Pa Pa Ya, Masala Bar, and BO-TAI. Dining brands operated under Massive Restaurant.According to 2022, Zorawar Kalra owns 36 outlets across nine brands in eight countries. In an interview, he talked about expanding his restaurant business and said, Currently, we operate 36 outlets of our restaurant brands Farzi Café, Made in Punjab, Younion, Masala Library, Bo-Tai and PaPaYa. We have 10 franchise outlets in the pipeline in Chennai, Kanpur, Nagpur and Gwalior. Most of these will be of Farzi Café, while the rest will be Made in Punjab and Younion. Our goal is to open at least 15 outlets every year — an equal mix of franchise owned company operated, and company owned company operated models. We aim to increase our restaurant footprint to more than 100 over the next three years.” [9]Financial Express.In 2017, the Farzi cafe, which is owned by Zorawar and has outlets in Dubai, was awarded the best restaurant in Dubai by Masala UAE.In 2016, Zorawar Kalra made his television debut by appearing as one of the hosts in the reality show Masterchef India Season-5. In the reality show, he replaced chef Sanjeev Kapoor as one of the three judges on the reality show. The other two judges were Vikas Khanna and Kunal Kapur.Subsequently, in 2022, he participated in the Colors TV reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Season 10. Zorawar Kalra in Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Season 10 (2022).In an interview, Zorawar said that his grandmother’s style of cooking home food influenced his father to pursue a career as a restaurateur. He quoted, My stint started about eight years ago, but my journey of being inculcated into the nuances of Indian cuisine started much earlier in life. My grandfather was in the armed forces, however hailing from a family of foodies and influenced by my grandmother’s style of cooking home food, he got my father interested in pursuing and dwelling deep into the history and geography of Indian cuisine almost four decades back.”.