Appointment | Abhishek Kukreti takes over as Executive Chef at Hilton Jaipur

Aims to combine his passion and strategic thinking with 360 degree approach towards internal and external stakeholders

Hilton Jaipur has appointed Abhishek Kukreti has head chef of the hotel. Armed with a culinary expertise of 17 years in the hospitality field, Chef Kukreti specialises in Western cuisine. As a result of his travelling and absorbing the cuisines of different places, he has picked up a lot of cooking techniques, ingredients from each and every place that he has worked and brought about some element of his own creativity to that cuisine. 

“I’m extremely delighted to be a part of Hilton Worldwide and foresee a sharp learning curve in my career graph. I look forward to making positive and creative contributions, combining my passion and strategic thinking with a 360 degree approach towards internal and external stakeholders,” says Chef Kukreti.

Born and raised in Kotdwara, Uttarakhand, Chef Kukreti has a degree in Hotel Management from IHM Bangalore. Whilst gaining theoretical and technical knowledge, Abhishek has also been hands on, hence making him very versatile in his trade. Since then, his career has taken him to hotels and restaurants from Middle East, Europe and the United States to back home to his native - India. During his career as a Chef, he has worked with renowned brands like Starwood, IHG, Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Carnival Corporation and also has been part of pre-opening hotels across the globe.