Hrishikesh has a wealth of experience having attended the Institute Paul Bocuse, and worked at Les Maison de Bricourt (two-star Michelin), Le Chateau de Bagnol (one-star Michelin) and Lucknam ‘The Park’ (one-star Michelin).

He is one of the few chefs to have won both the Roux Scholarship and the Craft Guild of Chef’s National Chef of the Year competitions. He was working as a chef de partie at Lucknam Park in Wiltshire when he won the Roux Scholarship, and was promoted to head chef shortly afterwards.

Hrishikesh moved to The Gilpin Hotel in the spring of 2015, after winning BBC 2’s Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial, a programme that searched for a new head chef for the hotel after the owners, the Cunliffe family, failed to find the right person.

His hard work and dedication were rewarded soon after with a coveted Michelin star in the 2017 Michelin Guide for his restaurant HRiSHi, where his imaginative dishes combine great Lake District produce and classic methods to deliver modern British dishes with a twist of Asia.

His food is influenced not just by Indian cuisine and his French classical training, but also Thai and Chinese food, using ingredients sourced far and wide - starting at the heart of Cumbria, where The Gilpin Hotel is located.

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