Born in Ambala (Haryana), Anil had to struggle a lot to make his space count in the City of foodies Ambala. In approximately 42 years of his life, his career has spanned for more than 50 years in this field. Anil Kumar has studied till 7th class from a govt. school in Ambala and then he started working with his father to make his future in this field. He initially wanted to do some other work but being the only child he started working in this field and also his father’s narrow escape from life who was doing this work from 1970’s. In 50 years of his career he has served his work in all parts of India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari he received orders from the many different states. Now his name is a brand in itself and it is famous for its special 7 flavour Pani Poori (Gol Gappe). In which they prepare 7 types of flavoured water & chutneys with natural spices (no artificial flavours) & only with mineral water. So taste is tradition & top secret in their trade. Now also every single order is personally checked and finalised by him and all the ingredients and in today’s date more than 400 people are working under his guidance.
Anil Kumar’s major achievements include IEA award in 2018 [International excellence award] which was presented by Madhuri dixit in Thailand she is a very famous Indian Bollywood celebrity.
National ICON award in 2018 in Mumbai from another famous celebrity Sunil Shetty According to him a person should never give up, in any situation.
To Do everything and achieve all of this the greatest inspiration came from his father ‘Sant Ram’ who worked very hard from the 1980’s who not only taught him stability and discipline but also team spirit. Anil Ji who is himself a father of one son loves spending time with his family.
Anil JI’s team is loved by some of the high profile people from the country. His team has been the preferred choice for celebrities like Sunil Shetty, Anil Kapoor, Shan Rukh Khan, and many big politicians and big business men like Arun Jaitley, owner of Jaguar group, Ponty Chadha etc. Also he was the head of the team that was responsible for the culinary department in the major celebrity functions Namely:
– Chef Sanjiv Kapoor
– Arun Jaitley
According to Anil Ji the Key Challenges while working for celebrities and high profile guests are
- Last minute menu finalisation.
- Availability of foreign ingredients for special dishes.
- Availability of speciality chefs for each cuisine
- Procuring desired equipment.
From his first shop which was in Tandura walla bazar in Ambala to the name Anil Ji his team was always with him and according to him without his hardwork and his team he was not able to do anything.
By- Japneet walia.
