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{{Infobox chef|name=Ajay Chopra|image=|birth_place=Lucknow|birth_date=08-02-1977}}Ajay Chopra (born 8 February 1977) is an Indian celebrity chef popularly known for hosting and judging MasterChef India season 1 and season 2. He is one of the fine names known worldwide to represent India’s taste and long cultural dynasty to the World outside. An acclaimed culinarian, his love and passion for food has seen him grow as a modern Indian chef. His conviction and diligence have conferred him as one of the most celebrated chefs in the Indian television and food industry as well.

Early Life
Ajay Chopra was born in Chandigarh to Mr. Dharam Prakash Chopra and Mrs. Swaran Chopra. Born and brought up in a Punjabi family, Chopra got inclined towards food and cooking just by watching his mother cook at home. He developed that interest which got himself to be in the kitchen and hone his skills of cooking. With time, that liking for food and cooking turned out to be his passion. He did his schooling from Alwar Public School and pursued a degree in Hotel Management from Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Goa. Chopra is married to Amrita Rebecca Chopra and has 2 children Aashish Chopra and Akshat Chopra.

Career
After passing out from IHM, he started his career with Cecil Oberoi, Shimla. After Cecil Oberoi, he joined the finest culinary and management training program at the Oberoi Centre for Learning and Development (OCLD) and emerged as a gold medalist. His first assignment as a chef was at Kandahar, a restaurant in Oberoi, New Delhi and then from there he joined as the chef de cuisine, at J.W. Marriot, Mumbai. Later, he got a job at Mint Leaf chain of restaurants, London as the Executive Head Chef where he was voted as one of the best eight Indian chefs of London. After having a great exposure to International restaurant scene, he joined The Westing Mumbai Garden City. In 2014, he bid adieu to The Westin and embarked on the journey to become an entrepreneur and introduced Burgundy Box, a revolutionary DO IT YOURSELF Meal Kit. With his own entity Zion Hospitality, he is currently working as a consultant for restaurant development & it’s set-up and also runs his food channel on YouTube named “The Big Daddy Chef”.

Awards and achievements

 * Judge at MasterChef India Season 1 and Season 2.
 * Head Chef at Mint Leaf Chain of Restaurants.
 * Chef De Cuisine of Lotus Cafe J.W.Marriot, Mumbai
 * Executive Chef at The Westin Mumbai Garden City Hotel
 * Director of Zion Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.
 * Awarded for the Outstanding Contribution in the field of food by Food Food, Mumbai.
 * Awarded the Golden Ribbon for international culinary Challenge at the CEO's Got Talent Award by Oberoi Centre for learning & Development.

Television

 * MasterChef India: He has hosted and judged the popular cooking competition reality television series in Season 1 and Season 2. - As part of the MasterChef India, he was one of the judges along other renowned Celebrity Chefs and Celebrity Actors like Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapur and Vikas Khanna.
 * Hi - Tea (Food Food)
 * Chop Chop Chopra
 * Northern Flavours (Living Foodz),
 * Veggistan (NDTV)
 * India’s 50 best dishes (Zee Zest)