Vikas Khanna: Gujarati food will always be special to me - Times of India - lucy and ethel doing dishes in restaurant

His fingers rolled out thousands of dishes, turning them into iconic food statements, not only winning praise for his excellent cooking ability, but also adding a lot to the cover of international magazines.
On a recent city visit, when AT asked him how he could make the heart of millions of angry Grains jump faster, chef Vikas Kana quickly replied, "I'm just smiling.
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"I cook at a small Indian restaurant near Wall Street and didn't do very well those days, but a pregnant woman used to come and eat my uttappam every day.
One day she came in and asked if I wanted to work on TV with Gordon Ramsey, my first big break.
The iconic chef met me and I played a small role in a show.
That's it-
I was already a celebrity when I didn't know.
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"Doing more TV shows, running two restaurants and the author of cooking books, and asking him how to do all this at once," said Vikas, "I'm not going to waste a minute of my life.
I don't rest.
When I was on the plane, I took the time to write and study for my book.
Every project I take over is my child, whether it's the Indian chef, my book, or the dishes I'm creating.
I know that even if I am not part of the Indian chef's future season, I will hold the flag for them.
This is the show that brought me back to my motherland.
When asked about his proudest moments, Vikas said it was not the time when he became a Michelin star chef, "the moment I am most proud of is, when my mother came to my restaurant in the US, I served her a meal.
There are tears in our eyes.
I still couldn't breathe at that moment.
"Click here to learn more about your favorite show on Star PlusVikas and also have a very simple philosophy of food.
"Food should be comforting," he said.
You should respect it.
I don't think we should respect food.
Everyone, including my own family, has unhealthy eating habits that I don't like.
"The love story between Vikas and Gujarat is an old story.
He said, "Gujarat food is always very special to me because I made it when I had the opportunity to provide food at the White House.
I got a lot of praise for it.
"The chef also believes that the introduction of Indian snack culture is a culture of rapid transmission.
"The idea of a snack is to eat a small portion and taste more --
In fact, it has now entered the Indian platter, which is very good.
For those who respect TV's reputation for him, Vikas is also useful in analyzing the negative effects of television.
He said: "Today, every young intern chef I met wanted to cook on TV.
They don't want to be chefs because they love art, but because they want fame and TV, which I don't understand.
I told them, "pehle khaana banana sikh le, model phir kariyo.