Shagun Mehra draws her gastronomy inspiration from her
time training and working all over the world. She was educated in hospitality
at Switzerland’s renowned Ecole Les Roches and fine-tuned her culinary skills
at Paris’ Le Cordon Bleu. She recently completed a training at the Basque
Culinary Center in San Sebastian which is said to be the Mecca for Avant Garde
Gastronomy. She was handpicked to represent India by ICEX Spain.
Shagun co-founded the first accredited Wine School in India and has
personally trained top hotel, airline and restaurant staff across the country
on the finer points of food and wine.
Shagun is a director at her family hotel in Vadodara, she is
also co-owner and Director of Cuisine at the luxury award winning
resort Coco Shambhala Goa & Sindhudurg.
In addition to being named one of the top 5 craftspeople in India by The
Luxury Edition of Fortune Magazine, her passion for food led her to host and
feature in a variety of shows for networks such as Ping, Living Foodz, Arré and
India Food Network.
Shagun is incredibly passionate and enthusiastic about wildlife and
animals, particularly conservation and care, which led her to co found the Ear
to the Wild Foundation and she works with the Wild-Life Institute of India to
save Elephants from train collision deaths. She is also working with the Goa
Forest Department to arrest Turtle & Dolphin deaths.
She believes in giving back to the planet and making her life useful
towards a better future for the generations to come.