Prior to his own restaurant soiree, Jehangir was the highly acclaimed pastry chef at some of New York City’s finest restaurants including Aix, Union Pacific, Mercer Kitchen, Compass, and Jean-Georges, and also the author of Mantra: The Rules of Indulgence (Harper Collins). Apart from his restaurants Jehangir also runs a successful event management business, that does catering for private events and weddings.

As passionate as Jehangir is about his work, he is even more passionate about helping children enjoy food and eat healthy. Ten years ago, he was a pioneer in this field, when he started “Candy Camp”, a fun filled private cooking class for children. Since then, he has worked closely with Whole Foods in a nationwide program called “Kids Food Adventure with Chef Jehangir”, as well as worked with other entities such as Scholastics, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, and at Kids Food Festivals. However he is known best for his own kids’ initiative; “Gastro Kids After School”, a program, that runs at Mehtaphor, and for the work he does as part of “Wellness in Schools” working with kids at PS 107 in Brooklyn.

Jehangir is an alumni of Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, New York, and prior to that, an alumnus of the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering, Technology and Applied Nutrition in Mumbai. Jehangir also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Mumbai.

At all his restaurants, Jehangir’s dishes have been inspired by his love for spices and ingredients and his trademark style has been featured in not only traditional food magazines but also Vogue, and the New Yorker. Jehangir is the brand ambassador for the National Foundation of Celiac Awareness and will be touring the country to encourage more fine dining restaurants to offer gluten free options to customers.