birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
lucknow , india 14 july 1971 thumb pankaj bhadouria
 pankaj bhadouria chef , television host , culinary academy , restaurateur
pankaj bhadouria

pankaj bhadouria is the winner of masterchef india season 1 -lrb- 2010 -rrb- .
she was a school teacher who quit a 16-year-old job to participate in the first season of masterchef india .
she has hosted the tv shows chef pankaj ka zayka -lrb- starplus -rrb- , kifayati kitchen -lrb- zee khana khazana -rrb- , 3 course with pankaj -lrb- zee khana khazana -rrb- , rasoi se - pankaj bhadouria ke saath -lrb- etv -rrb- , sales ka baazigar -lrb- etv -rrb- .
she was the first masterchef winner worldwide to have an official masterchef cookbook in her name and has written two more cookery books barbie - i am a chef , and chicken from my kitchen -lrb- bloomsbury publishing -rrb-
