Muhammad Zakir Qureshi (Urdu: ذاکر قریشی) better known as Chef Zakir[1] is a Pakistani television chef, host, and hotelier and food personality who has appeared on cooking programs on Hum TV and Masala TV.

He was born as Muhammad Zakir Qureshi in Karachi, Pakistan in 1967.

He travelled to work and study in Dubai, Singapore, South Africa and Botswana.

[2] He started his professional career in 1980 at the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi.

Since 2007, he has hosted a show called Dawat on Masala TV.