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About Desi Recipe

We teach cooking the way professional kitchens actually work.

Desi Recipe is a chef training portal built by cooks, for people who are serious about food. Our classrooms are working kitchens, our teachers are chefs, and every lesson ends with a plate that someone tastes and critiques.

Senior chef in whites tasting a dish at the pass while a trainee looks on

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Where we began

Desi Recipe started with a simple frustration: talented home cooks and young kitchen staff had nowhere to learn proper technique without leaving their jobs or paying for long overseas courses. We set out to build a kitchen school that teaches professional standards in short, focused programs.

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What we believe

Good cooking is learned with your hands. We keep lectures short and station time long. We believe Deshi cuisine deserves the same technical respect as French or Japanese cooking — measured spice ratios, controlled heat, consistent results — and we teach it that way.

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Where we are going

Our goal is to become the most trusted place to learn professional cooking across Deshi, Asian and international cuisines — a place restaurants call when they need a skilled cook, and where graduates come back to learn their next cuisine.

What guides us

Five principles behind every class

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Technique before recipes

Recipes are memorised and forgotten. Technique — heat control, seasoning, timing, knife work — transfers to every dish you will ever cook. Our modules are organised by technique first.

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Honest, specific feedback

Every plate is tasted. Mentors tell you exactly what to change: more acid, less time, finer dice, hotter pan. Kind, direct feedback is the fastest route to professional standard.

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Respect for Deshi cooking

Deshi dishes are among the most technically demanding in the world. We teach masala sequencing, bhuna, dum and tempering with the same precision any classical kitchen would expect.

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Clean, safe, organised kitchens

Professional cooks are judged on hygiene and organisation as much as flavour. Food safety, labelling, storage and station discipline are built into every session.

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Small groups, real attention

We cap learners per station so mentors can actually watch you cook. You will never be one face in a crowd of forty.

The teaching team

Chefs who still cook for a living

Our instructors are working chefs from restaurant, hotel and catering kitchens. They teach the methods they use on service every day — not textbook theory. Each kitchen is led by a specialist, supported by assistant mentors at every station.

Chef in a white jacket working with a knife over a mixing bowl

Head of Deshi Kitchen

Leads the Deshi curriculum: masala foundations, rice cookery, kacchi and festive menus. Focuses on balance and consistency at volume.

Two chefs working side by side preparing food in a professional kitchen

Head of Asian Kitchens

Oversees Chinese and Korean modules — wok technique, dumpling work, fermentation and jang-based sauces.

Professional female chef in a hat mixing ingredients in a stylish kitchen

International & Pastry Lead

Teaches classical French foundations, fresh pasta, plating and the baking essentials every cook should know.

A male and a female chef in uniforms reviewing a plated dish together

Mentorship & Careers Lead

Runs one-to-one mentorship, portfolio reviews and career guidance for learners moving into professional kitchens.

The training kitchens

Equipped like a professional line

Learners train on the same kind of equipment they will meet in a commercial kitchen. Each station is set up for one or two cooks, with its own burners, prep space and tools, so everyone gets real hands-on time.

Our kitchens are cleaned and inspected after every session. Ingredients are sourced fresh, stored correctly and labelled — habits we expect every learner to adopt from their first day.

Team of chefs preparing dough together on a long steel counter in a commercial kitchen

Come and see the kitchen for yourself

Book a free tour, watch a live class and talk to our chefs about which program fits your goals.