User:Srijith Gopinathan

== Srijith Gopinathan  (born 1977) is the Executive Chef at The Taj Campton Place in San Francisco, California. Under Chef Sri ( as he is popularly known), the Restaurant was awarded two Michelin stars from the Michelin Guide in 2015 making him the first Indian born chef ever to have received two Michelin stars. ==

Life & career[edit]
== Chef Sri grew up in a small village in Tamil Nadu, India , and earned his Hospitality management from Bangalore, India. Chef Sri trained  at the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY and in the kitchens of Raymond Blanc and Gary Jones at the two Michelin Star restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxford, England. His first job was as a cold larder commis at a small hotel, Atria, in Bengaluru. He worked in their banquets, Continental kitchen and then moved to  Hilton hotel  Golden Palms Resort – where chef Ralf Vogt served as an inspiring figure. He also worked a short while at Park Hotel, Chennai, and The Oberoi, Bengaluru. The Taj Group then hired him as part of the opening team for Taj Exotica Maldives.” ==

Restaurants[edit]
Campton Place Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

Taj Exotica Maldives

Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxford, England.

Hilton, Bangalore

Television appearances
MasterChef India 2016, Guest Judge

Awards[edit source]

 * 2015 Two Michelin Stars, The Campton Place Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2016
 * 2014 One Michelin Star, The Campton Place  Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2015
 * 2014 Three and half Stars, San Francisco Chronicle
 * 2013 One Michelin Star, The Campton Place  Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2014
 * 2012 One Michelin Star, The Campton Place Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2013
 * 2011 One Michelin Star, The Campton Place Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2012
 * 2010 One Michelin Star, The Campton Place Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2011