Sayan Bhattacharyya
Sayan Bhattacharyya is a graduate of the Kolkata Hotel Management Institute and started his career in the kitchen training to be a Chef. After apprenticing in India in various hotels he moved to a Cruise line before settling down in USA. After being at the helm of the kitchen of a local restaurant, he joined Passage to India for a more challenging assignment as Executive Chef looking after the restaurant operations in addition to experimenting and innovating the menu.
Riddhi Raj Dhakal
Raj joined the Passage to India team in 2007 as a busboy, then rose rapidly through the ranks with his earnest hard work and has now been managing the place since 2016. Raj hails from the beautiful country of Nepal, nestled in the Himalayan range. After graduating from school he apprenticed with a leading hotel in Kathmandu, The Soaltee Oberoi in the food production and service program. Still fond of cooking he occasionally dabbles in the kitchen creating some Nepalese delicacies.
Sudhir Seth Chef-Owner
Born in New Delhi, India Owner-Chef Sudhir Seth had an early start for the career that he eventually would pursue. Fine tuning his taste buds from childhood with his Mother’s diverse cooking of different regional cuisines with the use of traditional ingredients; Sudhir developed an affinity to adhere to authenticity over fusion, which would later be reflected in his classical cooking of Indian specialties.
Ali Al-Himeri
Ali is no longer working and has moved back to Iraq after a separation of 17 years from his family. It was a pleasure to have had so dedicated an employee who was key to the early success of the restaurant. The management is indebted to him for his services and has decided to keep his contributions alive on this page.
Ali, the Maitre D’Hotel is from Iraq and was at one time with the Republican guard and came to USA after staying in a detention camp in Saudi Arabia for 7 years.
