Dr. Chef Damodharan, professionally known as Chef Damu,[1] is an Indian celebrity chef. He is the first Indian chef to receive the doctorate degree- PhD- in Hotel Management and Caterging Technology. He started his journey in the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation as Trainee in the year 1977 after completing Diploma in Hotel Management and Catering Technology from nstitute of Hotel Management, Taramani, Chennai. He has hosted numerous cooking shows and reality cooking competitions on various Tamil language television channels, most notably a s a judge on Cooku with Comali on Star Vijay. In 2010, he received a Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by a single individual. He also became the first Indian chef to receive Ph.D in Hotel Management and Catering Technology, which was awarded by the University of Madras in 2004. Furthermore, he has made a few appearances in Tamil films.