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“AT PRICOL GOURMET, THE COLLECTIVE MISSION REMAINS UNIFIED –
TO TAKE INDIA ON TOP OF THE WORLD CULINARY MAP.”

entrepreneurship and took Savya Rasa, consistently chosen amongst the top 50
the tough call of quitting a restaurants in the country serves as a testimony to his
high-profile job at Walmart. epicurean understanding.
He began his entrepreneurial Other ventures such as Soy Soi, and Bayroot enhance the
journey in 2013 with Double comestible repertoire in the country.
Roti, a cutesy café in Galleria Nikesh also runs a resort and more than 20 cloud
Market, Gurugram. kitchens. A trained sommelier, Nikesh loves collecting
Nikesh’s foundation was wines. When not thinking of his next culinary exploration,
cemented through his Nikesh loves cycling along the coast of Chennai and
outstanding journey at ITC soaking in the moist breeze!
Hotels. An alumnus of Indian
School of Business, Nikesh JAPTEJ AHLUWALIA
learnt the business academia Gastronomist, Executive
while his early ventures helped him gain the practical Director and Co-Founder,
expertise. His aptitude to study market trends made him Pricol Gourmet
tap the potential of growing markets. He along with his Japtej Ahluwalia is the
partners ventured into the city of Chennai and opened Executive Director and
Chennai’s first Double Roti in 2015. Co-Founder of Pricol
The success swiftly led them to expand to three more Gourmet. An alumnus of the
locations within the next year and a half. As the co-founder prestigious ITC Hotels
of Pricol Gourmet, Nikesh currently runs over 15 popular Management Training
restaurants across four major cities. His flagship brand, Institute, Japtej has a

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