A trained hospitality professional from IHM Aurangabad by the Taj Group in affiliation with Huddersfield University, UK and education in food & travel writing. Her passion and work takes her on various travels across the world and her by-line is familiar to discerning readers of newspapers and magazines like The Sunday Guardian, Global Spa, Femina, Travel + Leisure , India Today to name a few. She is the first and the only Indian to have trained at Osteria Francescana, in Modena, Italy, rated as the world’s best restaurant in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, in 2016 and 2018 and currently in the Best of The Best Category. Akanksha is also the winner of the 'F&B Concept curator of the Year', for an amazing concept called, 'Shefs At The Leela', a platform created along with The Leela Hotels & Resorts to promote Indian Women Chefs from across the globe.