Chef Madan Gusain
Chef’s Table
Chef Madan Gusain
Partner & Head Chef, Chef’s Table by the Ganges
Chef Madan grew up in Kotdwara, Pauri Garhwal, and has spent more than 18 years in professional kitchens. Trained at IHMS Kotdwara in the very same Food & Beverage Production batch as Chef Mukesh, he worked his way up through India’s hotel kitchens, from the Fortune hotels of the WelcomGroup in Gujarat to Cambay Grand in Ahmedabad and Radisson Blu in Rudrapur.
In 2017 the road led to Poland, where he ran the line as Chef de Partie at Aroma Stone in Syców, the same restaurant where Chef Mukesh was cooking, and later at Tarasy Wang in Wrocław. Today he is back home as Partner at Chef’s Table by the Ganges, bringing deep Uttarakhand roots and a love of honest, traditional cooking to every dish we serve.
From Kotdwara to Wrocław, and Home Again
Eighteen years, eight kitchens, two countries, one love of honest food.
Certificates & Letters
The originals, from hotel school to five-star kitchens. Tap any document to view it full size.
Food & Beverage Production
One Year Certificate Programme, IHMS Kotdwara, affiliated to H.N.B. Garhwal University · 2007
Expertise & Strengths
Eighteen years of kitchen discipline show in how Chef Madan runs a line: prescribed recipes followed to the letter, food arranged and served exactly as it should be, deadlines kept, and a kitchen team that pulls together. The quiet engine of the Chef’s Table kitchen.
The Kotdwara Connection
Chef Madan and Chef Mukesh sat in the same IHMS Kotdwara classroom in 2006, then found themselves cooking side by side at Aroma Stone in Poland a decade later. Today the two classmates are partners by the Ganges. Read Chef Mukesh’s story.
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Taste honest mountain cooking
Eighteen years of craft, served on a rooftop by the Ganges in Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh.