Career of Hari Nayak Hari Nayak has graduated from the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration in Manipal, Karnataka in 1994. He then joined the prestigious ITC hotels as a ‘Kitchen Executive Trainee’ before joining the highly respected Culinary Institute of America, New York. He graduated from Culinary Institute of America at the top of his class as an Honor Student in 1998. Thereafter, Hari continued to build his knowledge and skills under the guidance of world renowned chefs - like Daniel Bolud, Marcus Samuelson and Albert Adria. As a trained pastry chef, Hari made his debut venture into the culinary world by opening America’s first patisserie in Princeton, New Jersey. He then joined one of the largest food service companies in North America as their executive chef to further enhance his experience in the hospitality industry. Hari Nayak is the co founder of "Cooking for life" which was founded by Chef Vikas Khanna. Cooking for Life was founded to organize tasting events with some of the top chefs to help raise money and awareness for different relief efforts around the world like Tsunami, Gulf Coast Hurricane Disaster, South Asian Earthquake and many more. Hari has been the lead organizer for various fund raising culinary events for causes like Tsunami, Gulf Coast, Katrina and the first ever global cooking series at the wonders of the world "The living Pyramids". Bibliography of Hari Nayak Achievements of Hari Nayak Related Articles Indian Chefs Indian Food Sanjeev Kapoor Tarla Dalal Ranveer Brar Indian State Recipes Indian Vegetables |