For more than 25 years, Chef Rahul Gladwin Massey has worked across professional kitchens, hospitality businesses, foodservice brands, restaurant operations and culinary training environments.
Through Pizza by Culinarte, Rahul works with entrepreneurs, restaurant groups, hotels, QSRs and foodservice businesses to develop pizza systems that combine product quality with operational repeatability.
His work connects dough, fermentation, menu development, kitchen workflow, equipment, SOPs, training and scale into one commercially workable operating system.
Pizza by Culinarte is a hyper-specialised consulting practice focused on the commercial systems behind professional pizza operations.
That depth matters because flour behaviour, hydration, fermentation, dough temperature, ovens, production, kitchen flow and staff capability are interconnected. A change in one area can affect quality, labour, throughput, food cost and consistency elsewhere.
The work therefore goes beyond recipes and techniques. It connects the product to the people, equipment and operating system required to reproduce it commercially.
Invited twice to serve as a jury member at professional pizza championships, bringing technical understanding, product evaluation and industry perspective to the judging process.
Rahul's technical work includes flour classifications such as 00 and 0, flour strength and behaviour, hydration, fermentation schedules, dough temperature, preferments, pizza styles, baking parameters and production systems.
Before developing Pizza by Culinarte as a specialist consulting practice, Rahul built experience across branded restaurant operations, hotel leadership, product innovation and international foodservice environments.
Rahul headed the Sbarro India team and worked closely with the Philippines team, building practical experience in branded pizza operations, standardisation, team leadership and cross-market execution.
His Jakarta experience included involvement in the opening of Merlynn Park Hotel, a 301-room property, followed by management experience at Manhattan Hotel Jakarta.
Rahul developed the “Box 'O' Breakfast” proposition, selected as a winner in CBTL's internal Destination Innovation programme by a jury of international directors.
Rahul participated as a speaker at Agri-Food Tech Expo Asia in Singapore, contributing to an international platform focused on the evolving food, technology and agri-food ecosystem.
Professional exposure across major international foodservice, hospitality, equipment, ingredients, bakery and culinary industry platforms.
Culinarte is developing a collaborative network of experienced independent professionals across hospitality, culinary development, foodservice operations, product innovation and regional market expertise. Selected specialists may contribute where a project genuinely benefits from additional expertise.
Rahul remains the principal consultant and primary point of responsibility for Pizza by Culinarte engagements. The collaborative network allows additional expertise to be introduced according to project scope, discipline and geography.
Chef Akshay brings extensive experience across luxury hospitality, professional kitchens, culinary leadership, food product development and entrepreneurship.
His expertise can complement selected Culinarte assignments involving concept development, menu R&D, culinary strategy, product innovation and broader foodservice advisory.
Independent Industry Collaborator
Mohamad Raga Kustiawan Putra brings more than 10 years of experience across hospitality, food manufacturing, FMCG and people operations.
Based in Bekasi, he supports local introductions, initial client discussions and project coordination for Pizza by Culinarte in Indonesia, beginning with Jabodetabek. His background in HR leadership, SOP development and quality systems helps connect business requirements with practical team and operational needs.
Chef Rahul Gladwin Massey leads the technical pizza consulting, development and training scope. Raga collaborates independently on agreed projects.
Independent Industry CollaboratorFor new pizzerias, existing operations, hotel pizza programmes, QSRs and multi-unit businesses looking for specialist support across product, production, people and scale.
PIZZA BY CULINARTE • HYPER-SPECIALISED PIZZA & PIZZERIA CONSULTING | GLOBAL PIZZA STANDARDS • REGIONAL OPERATING INTELLIGENCE
