Kunal is a Hospitality professional with over 18 years of experience across hotel operations and hospitality education. He has worked with the top 5-star Hotel chains like Hilton, ACCOR, Radisson and Thistle Hotels. During his stints in France and the United Kingdom, Kunal managed to get a great deal of hands-on exposure to the wines and spirits arena.

Kunal has earned his Certified Sake Sommelier and Sake Educator Certification with the Sake Sommelier Association. He is a Certified Educator from Wines and Spirits Education Trust (WSET), Certified Specialist of Wine (Society of Wine Educators), Certified Sherry Educator (Consejo Regulador De La DO Jerez), and now India’s first Tequila Sommelier!

Kunal’s organization – Grape Xpectations is a Beverage Training Academy. It caters to the emerging demand for a world-class beverage training ground at prices affordable for the Indian audience. As one of the few authorized WSET Approved Program Providers in India, Grape Xpectations delivers WSET Levels 1 and 2 in Wine & Spirits Training. Grape Xpectations is India’s only Sake Education school delivering courses through Sake Sommelier Association and Tequila Level 1 & soon Level 2 with International Tequila Academy.