Ananda Restaurant
Sandyford Road
Dundrum Town Centre
Dublin 14
t: +353 1296 0099
f: +353 1296 0033
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Ananda Team
Manager Saji Mathew is renowned in Ireland and India for the depth of his professionalism and the warmth of his welcome. During his years with the Jaipur group, Saji has earned the respect and friendship of an extensive clientele that has eagerly followed him to Ananda. Saji describes the opportunity to help create and then manage Ananda as representing the high point of his career to date.
Executive Chef Sunil Ghai is not only the foremost Indian chef in Ireland, but Food & Wine’s Chef of the Year 2009 – the ultimate professional accolade for a chef in Ireland. Sunil had already garnered an impressive array of awards, and fans, for his bold, contemporary cooking style, including the Best Chef in Leinster Award. Born in Gwalior in central India, Sunil gained experience with the world famous Oberoi group, before coming to Ireland to join the Jaipur group in 2001. Sunil regularly spends time working with the team at Benares in London under renowned Michelin starred chef Atul Kochhar. Atul and Sunil together designed and developed Ananda’s opening menu.
acclaimed chefs. He was the first Indian chef to receive a Michelin star for his time at Tamarind and he
has since won a Michelin star at Benares and has been instrumental in changing the perception of Indian
food in Britain. Atul’s boldly flavoured contemporary cooking style was forged during a career spanning
various hotels in India’s The Oberoi Group and the fine dining restaurant of renowned Hilton Chef,
Bernard Kunig. Atul is now a familiar face on TV and in magazines and newspapers.