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Balendra Singh currently belongs to the well-trained pastry chefs in India! With a flair for innovation and acumen ofinternational pastry cuisine. He is a dedicated Pastry chef, who initially studied his art in The IHM Dehradun with afocus on bakery and confectionary. He worked With top luxurious International Branded Hotels, Umaid BhawanPalace Jodhpur, Grand Hyatt New Delhi, Westin Gurgaon, JW Marriott New Delhi, Pullman and Novotel New Delhi,The Taj Mahal New Delhi & cruise ship around the world. Expenses knowledge in casual & fine dining, a-la-carte,buffet & Banquet and pastry shop setup homemade ice cream and handmade chocolates. After enjoying 17 yearswith the industry and finesse his skills as a pastry chef and chocolatier, he returned to his roots in culinaryeducation and held a position an Executive Pastry chef at International Institute of Culinary Arts IICA-New Delhiteaching cooking and management courses. As he believes "Eating fuel the body, but eating good food fuels thesoul". An endeavor to impart this knowledge of his, 'Excellence' programmed has been introduced, which consists ofa melange of Pastry, Chocolate, and Entrepreneurship. He started his own INSTITUTE OF BAKERY & CULINARY ARTS(New Delhi) and also started "Balendra's Baking Classes"(BBC), every month in different five-star hotels all overIndia. As a culinary educator, he draws from his many years of culinary experience to pass along to students notonly the skills for success in the kitchen but also for life. He feels those life skills are the most important things theycan learn: teamwork, cleanliness, organization, respect, integrity, compassion and being able to laugh and enjoywhat you are doing