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Our story
Every good thing on our counter started at a table of friends who wouldn't go home — and it's still made by people you can put a name to.
Times Hospitality Icons Chennai 2026 — Iconic Ice Cream Brand · Innovative Café & Bakery
From our directors
Les Amis began with a simple idea: make gelato and pâtisserie the proper way, fresh every morning, and share it like you would with friends. That hasn't changed. What has grown is the team — the people on this page who churn, bake, brew and welcome you in, every single day.
Thank you for being part of it.
Abhinav Dega Reddy
Director
With fellow directors Vasuki Rajagopal and Vivek Ayyappan.
The craft
Les Amis exists for proper gelato, the kind that has to be made the same morning it's eaten, and for a pâtisserie counter Chennai doesn't have to fly for.
French technique — real entremets, laminated doughs, custards that take their time — folded together with the fruit, the milk and the moods of home. Alphonso in summer. Filter-coffee instincts behind an espresso machine. Small batches, every single day, because gelato keeps no secrets and no leftovers.
The room
The café came to be what the name promised: a place for friends. For a scoop after school, a slice after dinner, a slow pour-over behind a laptop on a Tuesday afternoon. Stay as long as you like — that's rather the point.
The people
Gelato this fresh doesn't make itself, and neither does a room this easy to sit in. These are the people who run the kitchen, the counter and everything in between — every day, for you.
Kavin Rajagopal
Chief Executive Officer
Looks after Les Amis day to day, alongside the team below.
Karthik Kumar
Head of Operations & Store Manager
Keeps the store, and the day, running.
Ayeesha Amreen
Head Chef, Production
Leads the production kitchen and its chefs de partie.
Sudharshan
Head Barista
Everything that comes off the espresso machine.
Shakthi Mani
Head of Savoury
The savoury side of the menu.
Charles
Head of Back-end Operations
The work nobody sees, so everything you do see works.
Dexter Baylis
Head of Front of House
The welcome, the room and the table.
Want to work with us? See open roles.
In the kitchen
Most of what makes Les Amis happens where you can't see it — the temper on the chocolate, the churn on the base, the hello at the door.
Recognition
At Times Hospitality Icons Chennai 2026, presented by The Times of India, Les Amis was named Iconic Ice Cream Brand and Innovative Café & Bakery. Two awards that belong to the whole team — and to every regular who ever came back for a second scoop.
Come by
Follow the counter day to day at @lesamis.in. Want Les Amis in your city? Talk to us about a franchise.