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Cooking up a storm

From running pizzerias to experimenting with new recipes, the city's young chefs are whetting Pune's palate with varied cuisines and flavours.

Ubeid Khan, 29

Corporate chef de cuisine, TJ's Brew Works and Nudos Pizza

A 13 inch topping loaded pizza, with just five grams of carbohydrates that's what Ubeid Khan counts as among his biggest achievements in the kitchen. "The total calorie count of this cauliflower pizza is less than 450 Kcal. It has 18 gm of fibre and around 34 gm of protein. This pizza is completely grain free, gluten free, keto friendly and very low in glycemic load and index," he says. Corporate Chef de Cuisine at Rian and at Gastronomy Hospitality which runs popular outlets such as TJs Brew Works and Nudos Pizzeria, Khan began his career in 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Denver, where he worked with some of the best American, Canadian and French chefs. "I learned most of my high end cooking techniques there," he says.

An adventurous person who likes woodwork, pottery and photography, Khan enjoyed experimenting in the kitchen at a young age and went on to study Hospitality and Culinary Arts

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