Cooking for my children, family and friends was always a pleasure for me. The food was always greatly appreciated by one and all. Compliments poured in always! But the turn came after my launch in the Pop Up mentioned earlier. People started approaching me to sample my food, some came up with ideas of catering food or even starting a restaurant.

Initially, I was quite hesitant but gradually started doing small orders on special request by friends. My confidence kept growing. Recognition by various food forums, television, and print media started pouring in giving me the necessary push to take up the Home Chef title. It also gave me a good reason to restore our family's lost existence in the public eye and what better way to the heart of people than through the taste buds.

It feels good to see how people have fondly responded to my efforts as an inheritor of the recipes of the Royal Family of Awadh in Kolkata. The food I cook today is completely downloaded to me by my Amma who in turn has learned from my Dadijan (her mother-in-law). I make conscious effort to not recreate what I have learnt from Amma, because innovation of the authentic is not my forte! If my food and the Royal Awadhi Cuisine stands out from the rest of the food, it means it needs to remain that way. 
 

So here I am cooking away to glory as a Home Chef!