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Rachel Goenka

Founder & CEO, The Chocolate Spoon Company

Rachel Goenka is the Founder and CEO of The Chocolate Spoon Company – the holding company for her enviable chain of chic restaurants, bars, bakeries & patisseries. A graduate with a double degree in Journalism and English from The Pennsylvania State University, post her stint in journalism and advertising she realized her true calling and passion in food and decided to turn her dream into a reality. She then attended The Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland, where she trained under celebrity chef Rachel Allen, and then moved to Le Cordon Bleu in London to specialize in patisserie.

Currently, her restaurant portfolio comprises 15 outlets and 2 central kitchens across Mumbai and Pune. In addition to the traditional dine-in business, TCSC has is into outdoor catering, corporate lunch box services, private labelling and banqueting. She is also scheduled to launch TCSC’s first multi-cuisine, delivery only cloud kitchen, in Mumbai this year.

Rachel was awarded the title of 'India's Most Inspirational Business Leader' by White Page India and ‘Young Restauranteur of the Year' at the Restaurant India Awards 2018 to name a few.

As her tribute to all working moms, she will be launching a new sassy dessert that been influenced by her son, Kabir. Ms. Sassy, as Rachel is widely known, has made her mark on a heavily male dominated industry and is intent on blazing a trail for other aspiring women-entrepreneurs across all industries!

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