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Santosh Reddy is an alumnus of class 2008-2011 from the prestigious Indian Academy of Catering technology and Culinary Arts- Brand CAI as it is called today. He has to his credit 14years of professional experience in Indian and International hotel chains. He has trained and worked with hotels like the Taj group of hotels, Holiday Inn, The Leela, Fairmont, etc.His first assignment as a Pastry Chef was with The Park, Hyderabad after which he moved on to Movenpick Hotel & Spa, Bangalore.He is presently heading the Pastry at the Radisson Blu, MBD Hotel, Noida. During his professional career Santosh has acquired a lot of distinction to himself and the hotels he worked for. “The Chocolate Box” Pastry shop at Radisson Blu, was awarded by Times Food as the best Pastry Shop in the NCR Region (Noida) for the Year 2013 and 2014.Santosh spearheaded his team of six chefs at the AAHAR Competitions 2015 where he won 4 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 3 bronze medals in various different categories.
He was the architect behind building the biggest ginger bread house     at  the Raddison Blu, Delhi during Christmas.
He is honored with  the title of Best Pastry Chef of the year 2015 at the AAHAR prize distribution ceremony.








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