About
Priyam Chatterjee (born 5 April 1988) is an Indian chef. He is the first Indian chef to be awarded France’s Ordre du Merite Agricole. He is based in New Delhi.
Priyam started his career in Hyderabad as a commi 2 chef under Chef Jean-Claude Fugier at Park Hyatt in 2013, displaying his hunger to learn and readiness to work at whatever time he was called. Priyam says Jean’s advice to him was: “Know the French people first, you will learn their food. I am very grateful for what he taught me in the kitchen and about learning. He constantly reminded us that a chef’s work is not limited to the kitchen. Coming from a working-class — my mother raised me — I had to make it work as payback for my mother’s hard work. So, whenever he summoned me, I didn’t care to see the time or duty chart, I was present. He also introduced me to the Michelin guide and what it is all about.