Skip to Content

    Chef

    Hrishikesh Desai

    Chef Patron, Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai at Farlam Hall

    Discipline
    Chef
    Portrait of Hrishikesh Desai

    Portrait of Hrishikesh Desai

    i. Biography

    Hrishikesh Desai is the Chef Patron at Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai at Farlam Hall Hotel & Restaurant in Brampton, Cumbria, where the restaurant earned one Michelin star in 2024 and three AA Rosettes. Born in Maharashtra, India, he won the Roux Scholarship in 2009 and National Chef of the Year in 2010, and previously led HRiSHi at Gilpin Hotel to a Michelin star in 2017. Trained at Institut Paul Bocuse, his cuisine fuses Indian flavors with French techniques and British produce.

    The Sunday letter

    Read Made By's new profiles every Sunday.

    Meet the chefs, winemakers and sommeliers behind the places we cover. See a sample below before you subscribe.

    See a sample of the Sunday email

    One email a week. Unsubscribe from any issue.

    The Sunday letter

    Get the next Made By profile in your inbox.

    We send one email every Sunday morning with the people we profiled that week.

    See a sample of the Sunday email

    One email a week. Unsubscribe from any issue.