After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree, Vinod's interests in the food and hospitality industry led him to join the Institute of Hotel Management. After completing his apprenticeship with the Oberoi Intercontinental Hotel in New Delhi, Vinod moved to the Movenpick Restaurant in Stuttgart (West Germany) where he worked as a Commis Patissier. From Germany, Vinod immigrated to Canada and joined the Constellation Hotel in Toronto as a pastry chef. He subsequently worked at the Four Season Sheraton in Toronto. Vinod’s career advances took him to western Canada where he joined the Jasper Park Lodge. His next step was a pastry chef at the Hotel Macdonald and then to the prestigious Edmonton Petroleum Club, Vinod is a Journeyman Cook and Journeyman Baker and has received numerous medals and awards.

For the past 20 years, Vinod has been working at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, first as an instructor in the Culinary Arts department and now as Program Head in the School of Hospitality.

Vinod is an active member of the Edmonton branch of the Canadian Federation of Chefs and Cooks, and Director of the Alberta Culinary Arts Foundation. In 1996, the Canadian Federation of Chefs and Cooks selected him as the "Chef of the Year" in recognition of his dedication and commitment to the culinary profession. In 1994 and again in 2001, Vinod was awarded The Salute to Excellence Award by the Mayor of the City of Edmonton.

He has coached the Culinary Team Alberta Student Team since 1994, when the Team captured two gold medals at the World Culinary Cup in Luxembourg. Most recently, the Student Team won gold at the 2000 World Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany.

In 1996, Vinod was selected as Assistant Manager of Culinary Team Canada taking on the critical, patience-testing responsibility of handling logistics for all of the competitions. His long-standing interest and commitment to Team Alberta and Team Canada contributed significantly to the success of the team.

In September 2001, Vinod was appointed Manager of the newly formed Culinary Team Alberta. Vinod brings a wealth of experience to this position. It is this experience as well as his dedication to culinary excellence and leadership that will no doubt contribute to the expected continued success of Culinary Team Alberta in the coming years.