{"id":10340,"date":"2025-05-28T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/40under40\/?post_type=team&#038;p=10340"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:13:16","slug":"vikrant-batra","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/team\/vikrant-batra","title":{"rendered":"Vikrant Batra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An established stalwart in the Indian Food and Beverage Industry, the wit and vigour behind the innovative concepts of his stand-alone ventures, the All-day Three Generational Cafe \u201c<strong>Cafe Delhi Heights<\/strong>\u201d and the regional Indian themed \u201c<strong>Dhansoo Caf\u00e9<\/strong>\u201d is for sooth a valuable and in\ufb02uential Indian restaurateur. Also introduced Delhi\u2019s new <strong>Bakehouse Comfort <\/strong>and cloud brand <strong>Juicy Lucy Burgers <\/strong>from the house of Caf\u00e9 Delhi Heights. His latest creation is \u201c<strong>IKIGAI\u201d. <\/strong>Nestled in the heart of the city, Ikigai is not just a restaurant ; it\u2019s a sanctuary where passion, purpose, love, happiness and joy converge to create a unique and memorable dining experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food has always been the forte and the most key feature of his brands. He believes in not only understanding the palette of the audience but also innovating and experimenting with it most comfortably.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vikrant Batra is a graduate of Hindu College, Delhi University, and has completed his MBA from Fore School of Management. Born and brought up in Delhi, <strong>Cafe Delhi Heights <\/strong>is a mix of Vikrant\u2019s love for Delhi and his bigger love for food. This three-generational, all-day global comfort diner, was inaugurated in 2011. Spreading its wings over 44 outlets and 15 cities is now not only nestled in the capital but also in Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Mumbai, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Patiala, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Dehradun, Goa, Srinagar and Raipur. He plans to take this legacy forward by making it a global venture. Mr. Batra is expanding his business on both national and international levels. He plans to take his caf\u00e9 forward in various parts of the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vikrant Batra says- I am certainly happy about the fact of introducing Caf\u00e9 Delhi Heights to India, which is a Pioneer of lot many things in di\ufb00erent ways. Right from Introducing Caf\u00e9 Culture, to making it your everyday happy place to bringing in the Casual dining culture to introducing the casual attitude of Hi as greetings instead of Formal Good afternoons to introducing Juicy Lucy burgers to introducing the simple elements like the Number of Burgers sold on the Slates in every outlet, we have pitched Cafe Delhi Heights as the one restaurant for City diners that o\ufb00ers Food for each palate and each generation. Cafe Delhi Heights is di\ufb00erent as we serve almost everything diners will prefer, our interiors are designed on international design concepts, and we keep inventing and reinventing ourselves to meet customer requirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Under his guidance, Cafe Delhi Heights has been recognized by various fraternities numerous times. Some of the recent wins are mentioned below \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cafe Delhi Heights won the Popular Choice Award for best \u201cMulti-cuisine\u201d at the Gurgaon foodie 2024.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cafe Delhi Heights Won \u201cThe Best Multi Cuisine\u201d award under casual dining category for Mumbai 2023.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cafe Delhi Heights Won \u201cThe Best Street Food\u201d award under the casual dining category for Chandigarh 2023.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cafe Delhi Heights Won \u201cThe Best Global\u201d award under the casual dining category for Pune 2023.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mr. Vikrant Batra won Entrepreneur of the year at the IHC-IHM International Hospitality Day Awards, 2023.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mr. Vikrant Batra won the Popular Choice Award for \u2018Best Restaurateur Of The Year\u2019 along with \u2018Best Caf\u00e9 (With Alcohol)\u2018 Popular Choice Award for Caf\u00e9 Delhi Heights and \u2018Best Indian Regional Cuisine\u2019 Popular Choice Award for Dhansoo Caf\u00e9 at Big F Awards 2023<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10335,"menu_order":0,"template":"","team_designation":[],"team_department":[67],"class_list":["post-10340","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_department-speakers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/10340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_designation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_designation?post=10340"},{"taxonomy":"team_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/40-under-40.et-edge.com\/north-edition-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_department?post=10340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}