When life meets chef: Vikas Khanna talks about his lockdown aid initiative
The Hindu
Award-winning chef Vikas Khanna has been busy helping Indians during the pandemic all the way from New York City, while ruminating on the way ahead for the food industry
It is 4pm in UAE, and a group of peacocks has managed to catch chef Vikas Khanna’s eye as he joins MetroPlus for a video conference call at his signature Kinara restaurant in Dubai’s JA Resort. “The peacock has inspired the design of Kinara, its logo and the dishes. What a wonderful coincidence to see them now!” he digresses, asking his assistants to capture the moment on his phone while he discusses the future of fine dining. Khanna, whose New York-based Junoon restaurant has won a star for six consecutive years from the Michelin Guide, is a man of many colours himself, with all his interests — cooking, filmmaking and writing — layered on with the finesse of a peacock feather. To this, he has added a new mission — Feed India, a movement that started with the distribution of meals and rations to those affected by the lockdown last year, and has grown into an aid initiative encompassing healthcare and even footwear.
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