My husband,
Kishore, has been my biggest supporter all along the way. He’s the reason my
brainchild has been translated to reality. He makes sure that our guests get
the most uncompromising experience of authentic Kerala possible. He is a
generous host and the main coordinator behind Pepper Trails. He will be the
first friendly face to greet guests, never tires of leading them around the
garden and engages them in small talk. It is his open welcome and friendliness
that lends warmth to Pepper Trails and makes it a “homely” culinary adventure.
Kishore is a
graduate in Law from The Indian Law Society, Pune along with an MBA in Human
Resource Management. His love for nature comes from growing up in
Kothamangalam, one of the most verdant places in Kerala. He belongs to the
Pittapillil family, an illustrious clan famous for cultivating spice and rubber
plantations. They were renowned spice traders since the colonial times and had
supplied spices to The East India Company as early as the 18th
century.
Today, the
Pittappillils continue to maintain rubber, coconut, spice, vanilla and
pineapple plantations in the foothills of the Western Ghats, the grand mountain
ranges considered as the gateway to the Kerala High Ranges, east of Kochi city.
It is no wonder that I manage to mingle so well with his family, given their
love and care for all things fresh and green!
As a latter
day scion, my husband brings in his knowledge of nature, love for food and his
natural flair for hospitality to the Pepper Trails kitchen. Nowadays he has
taken to conceptualizing and developing Pepper Trails farm tourism as well.
Kishore and myself- at dinner with the guests from Germany
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