Dr. Balendra Singh currently belongs to the well-trained pastry chefs in India! With a flair for innovation and acumen of international pastry cuisine. He is a dedicated Pastry chef, who initially studied his art in The IHM Dehradun with a focus on bakery and confectionary. He worked With top luxurious International Branded Hotels, UmaidBhawan Palace Jodhpur, Grand Hyatt New Delhi, Westin Gurgaon, JW Marriott New Delhi, Pullman and Novotel New Delhi, The TajMahal New Delhi & cruise ship around the world. Expenses knowledge in casual & fine dining, a-la-carte, buffet & Banquet and pastry shop setup homemade ice cream and handmade chocolates. After enjoying 23 years with the industry and finesse his skills as a pastry chef and chocolatier, he returned to his roots in culinary education and held a position an Executive Pastry chef at Delhi Institute of Hotel Management (DIHM) teaching cooking and management courses. As he believes “Eating fuel the body, but eating good food fuels the soul”. An endeavor to impart this knowledge of his, ‘Excellence’ programmed has been introduced, which consists of a melange of Pastry, Chocolate, and Entrepreneurship. He started his own INSTITUTE OF BAKERY & PASTRY ARTS (New Delhi) and also started “Balendra’s Baking Classes”(BBC), every month in different five-star hotels all over India. As a culinary educator, he draws from his many years of culinary experience to pass along to students not only the skills for success in the kitchen but also for life. He feels those life skills are the most important things they can learn: teamwork, cleanliness, organization, respect, integrity, compassion and being able to laugh and enjoy what you are doing.