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Chef Manish Surges On

How do you break away from the thing
you love most, your partner, literally, for
years on end? He was a young chef who
joined Old World Hospitality in 2000,
went on to become Chef-in-Charge of
Indian Accent in Delhi in 2009, and 15
years later, has decided it’s time to move
on, to explore other pastures. With that,
Indian Accent and Comorin restaurants
bid adieu to Chef Manish Mehrotra, its
famed Culinary Director. Apart from
his culinary prowess, much is known
about Chef Manish’s acting chops and his
work on TV shows like MasterChef India
and Foodistan.
It’s time for Chef to kick back a bit
and spend quality time with his daughter
before she leaves for the US to pursue tikka and pink peppercorn raita, to name handling Indian Accent in Bombay and
her undergrad at Culinary Institute of a few. His right-hand man since the Chef Raveesh Kapoor in New York.
America. Like father, like daughter!! beginning of his relationship with Rohit This departure of Chef Manish comes
He leaves behind a wonderful legacy of Khattar – founder, EHV International at the time of Indian Accent Delhi's 15th
modern Indian cuisine such as naan with – Chef Shantanu Mehrotra takes over anniversary celebrations. And they had a
blue cheese and a quesadilla with chicken the baton with Chef Rijul Gulati ably special Flashback tasting menu, too!

Ghantewala Has Risen!

Like a phoenix from the ashes, this iconic talking since 1790 during the Mughal era, brand and told PTI, "My whole family
sweet shop in Delhi has made a comeback, when Lala Sukh Lal Jain established the was extremely sad when we had to close
after a decade! What else can we say but yay! shop and made sohan halwa and Karachi the store in 2015. Many customers
This stronghold of Chandni Chowk and the halwa famous across the country. would come and complain to us, 'Where
food industry as a whole is back with a bang The current young owner, Sushant would we eat good quality sweets now,
at the same location as always. And we’re Jain has rebranded Ghantewala in a QSR especially our favourite 'Sohan Halwa?'
So now, you can feast on all your
favourite sweetmeats at Ghantewala,
albeit for a much higher price than nine
years ago. It’s 1100 per kg for the ghee-
soaked halwa that folks just can’t get
enough of today! The price you pay for
the authentically rich stuff.
Ghantewala had to shut due to a
shortage in sales, would you imagine,
but they’re all set to regain their position
in the market and continue to pass down
the legacy of their founding fathers, and
that bell-ringer (ghantewala), a devoted
patron who would stand and ring the bell
Indira Gandhi at Ghantewala Sweets at the Red Fort.

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