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| name = Anjan Chatterjee<br/>অঞ্জন চট্টোপাধ্যায়<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|02|16|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = New Delhi, India<br />
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| occupation = [[Hotel]]ier<br />
| spouse = Suchhanda Chatterjee<br />
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| known_for = Establishing the [[Speciality Restaurants Limited|Mainland China]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=312553|title=Shanghai surprise |author=Shobhana Subramanian|work=Business Standard|date=5 February 2008|accessdate=1 May 2009}}</ref><br />
| children = Avik Chatterjee (Son)<br />
Harshita Chatterjee Deshpande (Daughter)<br />
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'''Anjan Chatterjee''' ({{langx|bn|অঞ্জন চট্টোপাধ্যায়}}) (born 16 February 1960) is an Indian [[hotel]]ier and founder of [[Speciality Restaurants Limited]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Subhro Saha|date=29 April 2009|title=Food & fun zone this Puja- Restaurateur ties up with British firm|work=The Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090429/jsp/calcutta/story_10839073.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605131631/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1090429/jsp/calcutta/story_10839073.jsp|archive-date=5 June 2011|accessdate=1 May 2009}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Anjan was born on 16 Feb 1960 and he grew up in many places in India. He went to Modern School in Delhi and completed graduation from Ravenshaw College, [[Cuttack, India|Cuttack]]. Then he did his hotel management degree from Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Kolkata. His father Snehamoy Chatterjee was director in Jute Agricultural Research Institute near Kolkata. Anjan spent around 6 years (from 1978 to 1984) in the staff quarter of this Institute Shaheb Bagan.<br />
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After graduating from Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Kolkata, in 1982, Anjan joined [[Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces|Taj Group of Hotels]] in Mumbai.<ref name="indiaretailing whoswho">[https://www.indiaretailing.com/2020/02/07/whos-who/anjan-chatterjee-founder-chairman-managing-director-speciality-restaurants-ltd/ Anjan Chatterjee, Founder, Chairman & Managing Director, Speciality Restaurants Ltd.], ''Indiaretailing.com'', 7 February 2020</ref> Then he joined [[Ananda Publishers|ABP Group]] in the marketing department. In 1985, he started his own advertising agency, Situations Advertising.<br />
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In 1992, Anjan started his first restaurant named ''Only Fish'' (now Oh! Calcutta) in Mumbai.<ref name="indiaretailing whoswho"/> In 1995, he started the speciality Chinese restaurant brand ''[[Speciality Restaurants Limited|Mainland China]]'' in Sakinaka area in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 April 2008|title=Speciality Group to expand|work=Business Standard|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=318984|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607151951/http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=318984|archive-date=7 June 2011|accessdate=1 May 2009}}</ref><br />
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Anjan Chatterjee started the companies [[Speciality Restaurants Limited|Mainland China]], [[Mainland China Asia Kitchen]],<ref>Soumitra Bose, [https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-if-you-think-people-will-stop-eating-chinese-food-then-ban-maggi-first-says-mainland-china-founder/357311 The Word 'China' Has Nothing To Do With India's Love For Chowmein: Mainland China Restaurant Founder], ''Outlookindia.com'', 24 July 2020</ref> [[Oh! Calcutta]], [[Sigree]], [[Sigree Global Grill]] – Powai<ref>{{cite web|title=Sigree Powai|url=http://www.burrp.com/mumbai/sigree-global-grill-powai-listing/366628}}</ref> & Malad in Mumbai, Pune & Bangalore & Kolkata, [[Cafe Mezzuna]], Haka, [[Flame & Grill]], Machaan, [[Sweet Bengal]], and [[Mobifeast]].<br />
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In 2012, his holding company Specialty Restaurant Limited went public.<ref name="indiaretailing whoswho"/><br />
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