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Max shirish originally named Shirish kadepurkar ( born 1 January 1969), is a TV chef who starred in the TV show ready steady cook which aired on the TV channel FOOD FOOD.

His Motto In Life."I am epicurean at heart and travelling around the globe spreading knowledge (and assimilating ) gives immense pleasure". His main objective now is to bring awareness of use of local produce directly from farm to table. he says.

EARLY LIFE: Born in Mumbai, as the youngest child in the the family of 06 Children and during childhood he had a passion of cooking. The uncle,Aunts  and cousins also used to stay along, so cooking for entire family had became a huge task for his mother, So then his mother used to ask Max to peel onions, potatoes and garlic. By doing so Max developed a liking for this and as time passed he tried to learn the basic art of cooking rice , Dal etc at the young age of 06 yrs. Also Max had a exposure to exotic foods like cakes, pastries , croissants in his brought by his sisters who were flying as Air hostesses from countries like USA UK etc at this young age.he still remembers wearing a Levies Jeans and eating a Cad bury Chocolate slab at the age of 07. He educated himself at the PARLE JUNIOR College and Graduated from Institute of hotel management and catering technology, Dadar. He later did advanced culinary course from Le cordon bleu culinary arts school. He also mastered in hospitality management from Sikkim university. PROFESSION After he completed his graduation, he moved to Sydney Australia and worked with top renowned chefs like Jamie Oliver and worked within the best Restaurants and 5 star Hotels in Sydney like Hilton, Four Seasons, Intercontinental and Rock pool fine dining Restaurant (The restaurant received most distinctive award for excellence in food). Max Also worked with Quanta’s catering under guidance of Mr Neil Perry (Best known chef in Australia) which made him Develop the confidence to just enter any kitchen and start cooking, any style of cooking. He had a lot of influence of cooking authentic Italian cuisine by a 70 years old Italian chef in a restaurant called Mezzonotte. He has worked with multinational people and has a strong people management skill. TV CAREER

He also starred in a cookery show called Ready steady cook on Master chef Sanjeev Kapoor's channel called Food Food and was a food consultant with a TV show called Master Chef India, season 1 and 3 was on air in STARPLUS. He does a lot of Tv commercials and advertisements in relation with food. He conducts free cooking classes for housewives and children. PERSONAL LIFE On December 26 1997, Max married Surekha Shirke, an accountant working in Air india. The couple met on a flight going to Mauritius and they have one daughter ms Shravani.