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| Ajinkya Kharbadikar: The Events Planner |
Today, Ajinkya
is CEO of Sound of Music, an event management company that
creates experiences ranging from intimate gatherings to large-scale
productions. The company combines creative design with strategic planning and
execution, transforming ideas into complete event experiences. For Ajinkya, the
role brings together several abilities acquired at different stages of his
career: hospitality, planning, budgeting, team management, client expectations
and execution.
His academic
grounding includes a Bachelor’s in Hotel Management and a Master’s in
Hospitality Management. From there came exposure to demanding names in luxury
hospitality, including The Oberoi, Taj and ITC Hotels, along with international
experience at Shaza Hotel Riyadh.
A professional
kitchen teaches lessons that travel surprisingly well. Timing matters.
Resources matter. Quality has to remain consistent. Teams have to work
together. Customer expectations have to be understood closely. Ajinkya carried
these lessons with him as his responsibilities expanded.
His journey
subsequently moved through organisations and ventures such as MBA Chaiwala,
Tealogy, Suto Cafe and BBC Hospitality. The work increasingly involved the
business behind the food: menu planning, budgeting, cost control, kitchen
management, manpower planning, food safety and setting up hospitality
operations.
This ability to move between creativity and commercial thinking became one of the defining features of his career. Ajinkya could discuss what should go on a plate and also examine what it would cost, how the kitchen would deliver it consistently, how manpower should be deployed and whether the larger operation made business sense.
The canvas kept
expanding. Aviation brought another kind of precision to his professional
experience. Events introduced planning and execution beyond regular hospitality
operations. Consulting allowed him to work with entrepreneurs and emerging
ventures. Training junior professionals added another dimension: sharing
practical knowledge acquired through years inside the industry.
This
progression eventually makes his present role at Sound of Music easier
to understand. Events and hospitality share an important common ground. Both
revolve around experience. Both demand attention to hundreds of small details.
And both are remembered by the customer largely through how everything comes
together on the day.
Membership of
the Chefs Guild of India and World Chef Society connects Ajinkya
with the larger professional culinary community. He was named Best Youth
Icon of India 2025 and Best Hospitality and Chef Consultant 2025.
His diverse professional journey also earned him recognition from national and
international record books. The interesting part in his story is the career
architecture behind these recognitions.
Ajinkya has
kept expanding his original professional vocabulary. Culinary skills led
towards operations. Operations opened doors to management. Management widened
into consulting, events and entrepreneurship. The person who understands the
kitchen today also understands the economics and experiences surrounding it.
That
progression carries a useful message for young professionals. A qualification
can provide the starting point. The skills accumulated afterwards can take a
career into places that may never have appeared in the original plan.
Ajinkya also
speaks about responsible sourcing, sustainability, respect for ingredients and
menus that respond to different dietary requirements. His earlier professional
statement reflects an understanding that contemporary hospitality extends into
responsibility and evolving consumer expectations.
Behind all
these roles, the chef remains visible. Perhaps that is what makes the journey
interesting. Ajinkya has kept adding capabilities around his original craft.
The kitchen became a training ground for a much larger professional journey. From
culinary operations to consulting, from hospitality to events, and eventually
to the CEO’s chair, Chef Ajinkya Kharbadikar is continuously enlarging the
possibilities of his profession.
My association
with Ajinkya began through his culinary achievements; following which he joined
the 5AM Bliss group. Since then, I have had an opportunity to know him
beyond his professional accomplishments and to follow an ambitious career that
continues to explore new directions. Specttrum Profiles gives me another
window to celebrate that evolving journey.
Contact: masterchefajinkya007@gmail.com;
Web: corporatechefajinkya.com
Every
professional journey has a story worth telling.
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