CHEF ASIF R. SYED was born and raised near Hyderabad, India, known as - PDF document

CHEF ASIF R. SYED was born and raised near Hyderabad, India, known as the ancient City of Kings and Pearls and famous for its Muglai cuisine. Originally drawn to art and painting, Chef Asif trained and worked as a chef in India after completing his degree in hotel management and catering. His progressive style of fusion cooking was developed and honed after spending time travelling and working in Europe. He learned to blend classic techniques with the exotic tastes acquired during his travels into his signature culinary style. For the past 14 years, he has been the award-winning Executive Chef at the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort. In 2013 and 2015, Chef Asif was named the winner of the Tampa Bay International Curry Festival . He has worked with many celebrity chefs around the globe and appeared multiple times on the Food Net- work. Besides being a competitor on the shows Guy’s Grocery Games (2015) and Cutthroat Kitchen (2016), he beat the “Iron Chef” Bobby Flay on “Beat Bobby Flay” in 2018 (Season 17) with his famous Tandoori Chicken.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES In addition to being crowned Curry King in 2013 & 2015, Chef Asif has been awarded the 2017 Gold- en Spoon Award by Florida Trend Magazine and the 2017 Diner’s Choice award by OpenTable APPEARANCES & VIP GUEST SHAD KHAN VISIT In August 2018 Shad Khan, billionaire and philanthropist, and a large party of guests attended 21 Spices and were treated to a special menu design especially for the occasion.

GUY’S GROCERY GAMES Chef Asif, along with three other culinary wizards, took to the aisles in a fifth-season episode of Food Network program “Guy’s Gro- cery Games.” CUTTHROAT KITCHEN In 2016 Chef Asif appeared on Alton Brown’s series, “Cutthroat Kitchen,” which pits big-name chefs against each other in a competi- tion that awards the last chef standing a cash prize.

BEAT BOBBY FLAY In September of 2018 Chef Asif, appeared on the Food Network show Beat Bobby Flay and he did just that. In the final round, Chef Asif’s tandoori chicken was chosen over world-famous chef Bobby Flay’s dish.