Kannur-native Sukesh PM landed in Dubai with a bagful of goals. In the beginning, the youngster managed to get a job as a waiter within a restaurant but never unveiled the nature of his job to his family members. Sukesh was confronted on a daily basis with fervor and enthusiasm as the awe-inspiring metropolis provided fresh new experiences, amazing sights, and priceless life lessons. His grit and perseverance to scale new heights bore fruit as his occupation soared in just a decade.
Sukesh’s journey hasn’t been a bed of roses as is evident from the success story he shared with Onmanorama.
A delicacy seems to be the reflection of the culture of a certain region. India’s hospitality rides over the dictum ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ which means guest is similar to God. Sukesh received a concrete strategy about how to deal with the affairs of a cafe after traveling thoroughly across India. He traversed the length and breadth of the region in a bid to provide a 5-star tag to Indian meals and supply the best gastronomical experience to gourmets. Sukesh gave final touches to the cafe services layout after his visits to several states in India.
Sukesh experienced an innate desire to travel and know more about a region’s foodstuff, traditions, and lifestyle. Moreover, he also made it a point to maintain a tab of the latest trends as well as attempted to ape them. “My teachers who had been conscious of my interests suggested me to select hotel management for greater further studies. I also found the system apt for me when I enquired more about this stream. And when my family also gave the green signal, I was enrolled in a college in Coimbatore for my studies,” claims Sukesh.
He concluded BSc in Hotel Management and Catering Science in 2009 and soon joined a 5-star restaurant in Chennai to undergo a 6-month training. The training gave Sukesh the golden opportunity to communicate with foreigners who came from distinctive cultures and spoke unique languages. He accomplished training with flying colors and was picked as the top trainee. Sukesh donated the first income to some charitable team that funded young children’s education as he far too faced quite a few economic challenges while studying.
Soon after finishing the training in 2009, Sukesh landed a job role in a luxury lodge in UAE as a waiter. The job assisted Sukesh to befriend attendees from numerous international locations and have an insight into their foodstuff and society. The 2-year stint with the hotel as a waiter helped him to sharpen his language expertise, study business tricks and acquire an in-depth awareness about hotel operation management. After two years, Sukesh was promoted as a supervisor and later climbed the hotel hierarchy and became assistant manager and manager.
While working at the hotel, Sukesh received an opportunity to manage Indian restaurant incorporation with Michelin Star Chef Vikas Khanna. “We worked sincerely to elicit genuine curiosity in Indian foods amongst individuals from other countries. And also the hotel was a giant hit. I learned a lot from chef Vikas and he inspired me to concentrate more on my occupation. The association with chef Vikas served me to include Kerala in his ambit of work,” adds Sukesh.
“The Covid-19 pandemic had hit every single sector tough such as the hotel business and the improvements brought in by the epidemic are drastic. These testing occasions gave the courage to confront challenges head-on,” he notes.
Sukesh acquired the opportunity to work with the Indian Leading League (IPL) team as a consequence of COVID-19 because the location was shifted from India to the UAE due to pandemics. “The players were safely and securely accommodated in hotels by way of a protected bio-bubble and I got the chance to work being a bubble manager,” says Sukesh.
Sukesh is married to Neha, who is also hotel management professional. His parents Sugathan and Saudhamini always gave ample support to all his endeavors. Sukesh is working hard to fulfill his dream of turning out to be a successful entrepreneur from the hotel administration sector.