COMING INTO HIS OWN

Chef RAHUL GOMES PEREIRA, aka Chef Picu, runs successful restaurants across India. He talks to Ravina M Sachdev about his time in the industry

-  Ravina M Sachdev

Chef Rahul Gomes Pereira is a chef with many-hued feathers in his hat. From starting his journey with Oberoi Hotels to running multiple successful restaurants across the country, the chef and partner at Passcode Hospitality, fondly known as Chef Picu, can best be described as a consummate food ninja. A quick scroll through his Instagram attests to the fact that he doesn't shy away from posting about his unfiltered experiences deep-diving into cuisines across the globe. He confirms that his life revolves around food, and that's exactly what, years ago, he'd envisioned his future to be like. "My father ran a hotel and I spent a lot of my youth there and was somehow drawn towards joining the industry," he explains. "However, it was not until I completed my first year at college that I knew that the kitchen was