by Parinita Gupta | Mar 3, 2023
(March 3, 2023) When Chef Niven Patel told his parents that he was going to study at the Culinary Arts School at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, his family, which included his parents and a small crowd of relatives, were all horrified. Those ‘bride...
by Charu Thakur | Feb 22, 2023
(February 22, 2023) He gave up law studies to chase his dream of becoming a chef, and the romance with food led him to launch Quilon, the first South Indian restaurant in the world to win a Michelin star. Meet Sriram Aylur, a native of Kerala, who has made Londoners...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jan 6, 2023
(January 6, 2023) When Vineet Bhatia first moved to England in 1993 as the Executive Chef at Star of India, South Kensington, he had no idea about what a Michelin star was. Exactly three decades later, the chef who is also a restaurateur and an author, has been...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jun 24, 2022
(June 24, 2022) Some of his fondest memories from his childhood are cooking with his mother. Today, Chef Rohit Ghai is one of the best-known Indian chefs in the UK, and is widely known as the fastest Indian to get a Michelin star. After honing his craft at some of the...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 21, 2022
(June 21, 2022) Until a few years ago, Indian chefs were belting out stunning plates of modern Indian food in some of the most popular restaurants in the West, but for US-based chef Aarthi Sampath that term “means nothing” as she says the focus has now...