What would you like to do more for a chef support system in helping each other in achieving success? Cross promotion? Today’s culinary and pastry world is mostly dominated via social apps such as Instagram, Facebook & Snapchat. I try my best to promote my chefs and also people from across the world who doing their best to add value to the art. Likewise, many chefs across do the same for each other. Apart from this, at Lavonne we make it a point to keep bringing down Chefs from across the globe for Master & Demo classes. Through this programme, chefs get to showcase their art to a brand new audience and vice-versa. Any daily rituals you do and how it helps you to stay active, Motivated? Cross fit is a big part of my fitness regime. Ever since I took it up, there’s been no looking back. Fitness now occupies a big part of my day to day activity. Cross fit in particular has been great for me and I love spending time at the gym and pushing my limits each day. Having said that, it is your food plan for the day which is most critical towards maintaining a healthy body and mind. How you judge a young chef and how you test him for the long term? Young Chefs are the future of our culinary world. It always amazes me to see so much enthusiasm and passion for the art. However, their success is mainly dependant on their attitude and endurance levels. It’s too easy to go on giving it your all for a while, before you drop the ball. It is very important to be fully committed and be prepared for all the nuances that come along the way. A lot of people assume that being a chef is easy. But the reality is quite the opposite. However, as long as you truly love what you do, your long term success won’t be too hard to achieve. So, when I talk to interact with young chefs, apart from the work that they do, I look closely for their love for food, a sense of responsibility, and an attitude to keep bettering themselves. What will be Indian cuisine & Indian chef’s future according to you, what should be Indian chefs approach in making Indian cuisine best in The World? Indian cuisine is already widely popular across the globe. It surely stands out among the top few preferred cuisines globally. Today, our culture and history is so visible in the food we prepare and eat. With hundreds of incredible regional cuisines within India, it is sometimes too easy to forget a majority of them. With so much modernization happening globally, I sincerely hope that ancient recipes, techniques and methods won’t be forgotten. I would love for children to also experience the awesomeness of Indian home cooking at their time as well. Name top five Indian restaurants around the world according to you? Indian Accent – New Delhi Karavalli – Bangalore Gaa – Bangkok Bukhara – New Delhi Bombay Canteen – Mumbai #FINEDININGINDIAN | 09 JUNE 2019
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