Pooja Dhingra

Pooja Dhingra is the founder of the Le15 brand of patisseries and packaged foods, which she launched in 2010. She is a graduate of hospitality from Cesar Ritz Colleges, Switzerland and she trained at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, for a Patisserie Diploma.

Featured on the Forbes ‘30 under 30’ list both in India and Asia, Pooja has won acclaim from critics, the press and her customers not just for her extraordinary skills as a patissier but also for her incredible entrepreneurial journey. She is an INK Fellow, and hosts an extremely popular podcast called #NoSugarCoat. Pooja has published five books. The Big Book of Treats was her first and won second place at the Gourmand World Cookbook Award. Her other books are The Wholesome Kitchen and the bestselling Can’t Believe It’s Eggless. She is also the author of Le15 Café Cookbook, and Bake At Home.

Pooja lives and works in Mumbai.