Meet our chefs
Meet the professional chefs who help make Unilever Food Solutions a source of inspiration for food businesses. Drawing from their extensive experience in professional food services, our award-winning team helps us create solutions for chefs that balance great taste, convenience and nutrition with a consistently high standard.
Apart from sharing creative ways to apply our products in a range of dish types, our chefs conduct in-kitchen skills, waste management, cost saving and storage trainings for our customers to ensure business efficiency.
Head Chef Shahbaz Hussain
Chef Shahbaz Hussain Siddiqui, widely known as Shah Jilani, is a distinguished Pakistani chef and culinary consultant with over 21 years of culinary expertise and 9 years of industry leadership. He currently serves as the Head Chef at Unilever Food Solutions Pakistan, where he leads culinary strategy and operations for one of the world’s largest food service organizations. He is a three-time culinary award winner and was appointed as a jury member for the Annual Culinary Awards 2025 in Karachi.
Chef Shahbaz rose to prominence as the Head Chef at Izakaya Experience, a renowned Karachi dining destination celebrated for its Japanese-inspired cuisine. He has also led The Basil Inclusive as Head Chef, an establishment he founded. As an active mentor and consultant, he regularly guides emerging entrepreneurs and collaborates with leading organizations to provide business and culinary direction.
Recognized for his creative flair in molecular gastronomy and mastery of modern and fusion cuisine, Chef Shahbaz is celebrated as a culinary influencer whose innovative presentations “Ignite global cravings.
Chef Arbaz Khan
Sales Chef – South Region
Chef Arbaz is a perfectionist, believes in diner happiness and knows retention techniques due to which he has been working with multiple high-end eateries being serviced by Unilever Food Solutions.
Holding the diploma in Culinary Arts from COTHM, Chef Arbaz has an extensive experience of 7 years in recipe innovation. He has worked not just in high-end Hotels & Restaurants domestically, but also carries the international exposure of working at Jebel Ali Hotels & Resort in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Arbaz holds the modern cooking techniques by having the opportunity to work with international chefs, knows designing, creating, and implementing cutting edge menus.
