MUMBAI, June 27 — The coal-fired tandoor oven sends a mouth-watering scent wafting through the Mumbai kitchen as celebrity chef Saransh Goila, maker of the world’s “best butter chicken” according to MasterChef Australia, takes a break from Covid-19 relief efforts and resumes work.
“You don’t think of people being stuck for home-cooked meals in India,” he told AFP. “We are a country where you have your neighbours, friends, family always ready to help”. Somehow, he also managed to open his second overseas kitchen in London’s trendy Shoreditch neighbourhood last month, five years after launching his business.
In this photograph taken on June 21, 2021, chef Saransh Goila cooks a butter chicken dish in the kitchen of the Goila Butter Chicken restaurant in Mumbai. — AFP pic So the bearded chef, who prefers vegetarian food himself, decided to establish the world’s first global butter chicken brand.His profile exploded in 2018 when he was invited by former MasterChef Australia judge George Calombaris — a fan of Goila’s cooking — to be a guest on the hit show, with contestants asked to recreate his signature dish.
But Covid-19 has turned up some unexpected challenges, with extended lockdowns transforming even fine dining restaurants into delivery businesses offering discounted meals.
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