WINNER OF CULINARY OLYMPIC GOLD FOR CANADA | STUTTGART 2024
STUTTGART, GERMANY
2024
Rahil founded his passion for food at a very young age. Born in Gujarat, India he was influenced by the importance of food at his family gatherings. Since, then he has embarked on an impressive culinary journey.
At just 18 years old, Rahil has had the privilege of working with renowned hotels in India while perusing his culinary education and after graduating from Hospitality Management in Edinburgh, Scotland he sought to expand his knowledge and skills. This led him to move and work in Dubai, UAE where he worked at the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel honing his culinary talent as a young cook and developed himself into a professional chef.
After working in Dubai for almost a decade, Rahil eventually found his new home in Canada thus, commencing his Canadian culinary journey with Ritz Carlton and then at a flagship hotel, Delta Hotel by Marriott’s in Toronto, Ontario. Eager to explore Canadian ingredients and cuisine, he embraced the challenge and moved to the East coast working at Delta Beausejour in Moncton, New Brunswick in 2019. When the pandemic hit in 2020 Rahil seized the opportunity to do restaurant consulting in New Brunswick for small restaurants to help out the local businesses. In 2021, he served as an Executive Chef at one of Moncton’s casual fine dining restaurant “Clos” where they showcased local beautiful products that New Brunswick had to offer making it a one-of-a-kind dining experience highlighting farm to table. Rahil then ventured out to explore the West coast and worked at reputed organizations and now currently working in Edmonton, Alberta at the Expo Centre.
ABOUT CHEF RAHIL
THE JOURNEY
2023-2024
NATIONAL CULINARY TEAM OF CANADA
CANADA
TEAM CAPTAIN
2022-2023
CACTUS CLUB CAFE
EDMONTON/VANCOUVER, CA
EXECUTIVE CHEF
2021-2022
CLOS RESTAURANT
NEW BRUNSWICK, CA
EXECUTIVE CHEF
2020-2021
CANADA HOLDEN RESTAURANTS GROUP
EDMONTON/VANCOUVER, CA
EXECUTIVE CHEF
2017-2020
RITZ CARLTON,
MARIOTT BEAUSEJOUR
NEW BRUNSWICK, CA
VARIOUS POSITIONS
2012-2017
RADISSON BLU HOTELS
U.A.E
VARIOUS POSITIONS
To date, Rahil has taken part in numerous competitions worldwide where he represented UAE and Canada at global levels and has won over fifty medals and trophies. In 2017 he won the national selection for Global chef which gave him the chance to represent Canada in the prestigious Global Chef challenge held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia where in 2018 he won “Best Veal Dish” in the world and has placed Canada in the 6th position.
He is formerly a Team Captain for the National Culinary Team of Canada where he had represented Canada at IKA also known as the Culinary Olympics in 2020 & 2024.
Rahil’s love for spices is evident, as he dedicates his spare time to expand his knowledge and explore unique flavour profiles, aiming to bring those authentic flavours to his culinary creations especially paring it with the local seasonal ingredients and products of Canada using classic French techniques.
Rahil’s culinary journey is a testament to his passion, dedication and a desire to continually push boundaries in the world of food. In the words of Rahil “It’s all about the journey and not the destination."