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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicIndian chef

Topic: Indian chef

Delhi-NCR restaurants are caught in a cut-copy-paste mode, and a monopoly of consultants

“I’ve had clients who were more concerned with their Instagram grid than with flavour or guest experience,” said consultant chef Suvir Saran, who is among those defying the cookie-cutter colour palettes.

These chefs are done taking orders. They’re turning entrepreneurs

From Regi Mathew’s Kappa Chakka Kandhari to Saransh Goila’s butter chicken chain and Manu Chandra’s multi-brand business, chefs are cashing in on India’s appetite for new flavours.

Ghee in risotto, Mexican bhel—Tarla Dalal made international cuisine accessible

She was the first cookbook author to receive a Padma Shri. Now Dalal is making history once again as the first Indian chef to get their own biopic, Tarla, starring Huma Qureshi.

Upma with chicken stock, bacon pulao — Floyd Cardoz was godfather of modern Indian cuisine

Cardoz died of Covid-19 after decades in the food business. He had opened his last venture, Bombay Sweet Shop, two weeks prior.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.