Pooja Dhingra

Pooja Dhingra for Audi India's #StartYoung campaign in 2015.

Pooja Dhingra (born 1986) is an Indian pastry chef and businesswoman. She is the owner of macaroon bakery chain Le 15 Patisserie in Mumbai, including the first macaroon store in India.[1]

Dhingra was born into a family interested in gastronomy. Both her father and her elder brother are restaurant owners. When still young, Dhingra learnt the art of pastry cooking from her mother.[2] She initially studied law in Mumbai before quitting in 2004, switching careers to attend a hospitality and management course at the César Ritz school in Le Bouveret, Switzerland.[2] Three years later, she began training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.[1][3] There she came across a macaroon at one of Pierre Hermé's patisseries.[4] After completing her course, Dhingra returned to Mumbai and opened her first store in March 2010.[5] In 2016, Dhingra expanded her enterprise, opening a new location called Le15 Café in South Mumbai. While signature desserts named after French women will be featured, the cafe's menu includes simple, savory food main course dishes.[6]

When she opened her Mumbai business in 2010, she had a staff of only two. By October 2014, she had as many as 42. Her ambition is to open some 20 pastry establishments throughout India.[2]

She is also the author of a best selling (in India) cookery book.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pandya, Kinjal (15 February 2015). "India's 'macaroon queen'". BBC News. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Pirolt, Sabine (30 October 2014). "La femme qui régale tout Bollywood" (PDF) (in French). L'Hebdo: Cesar Ritz Colleges. p. 61. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Sharma, Milan (11 July 2011). "Macaroons make Pooja Dhingra's cash register ring". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. ↑ K., Bhumika (19 June 2014). "Miss Macaron". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Chanda, Kathakali (19 February 2014). "Pooja Dhingra: Bringing Macarons to Mumbai". Forbes India. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Vij, Gauri (11 February 2016). "Where sweet and savoury meet". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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