Celebrity chef/author
Vikas Khanna
If you weren’t a chef, you would have
been...
A farmer.
One aspect about your body you
dislike?
I feel my nose is too
long while my legs
are too thin!
Your greatest
extravagance?
Flying to Kerala or
Morocco to get
spices.
The one thing you love
about Indian food?
Indian food has a lot
of emotions in it.
There is a strong
sense of connection,
which the rest of the
world misses out on.
Your strategy in a crisis?
To always remember that however
long the night is, it is
always followed by the day.
What would we find in your fridge right now?
Soy milk and eggs
for sure.
The song that always
lifts your spirits?
Chinna Chinna Aasai
(Dil Hai Chota Sa
from the film Roja). I
can sing in Tamil.
If you were an ice
cream, what flavour
would you be?
Saffron and
cardamom – truly
Indian at heart.
One thing about you that
isn’t generally known?
I’m a very shy person.
The dish you can never cook?
Methi aloo.
Have you got lucky with women
because of your skills in the kitchen?
Women love it when men cook.
They feel secure when they
know that a man can cook.
One recipe every man must know?
How to boil an egg – they can
do so much with it.
The day you realised you loved being
in the kitchen?
When I was about 10, I decided
to make dinner for everyone.
Your favourite book?
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach.
The last line of your autobiography
would read…
...peace of bread.
One thing you can never eat.
Endangered species.
You de-stress with?
Meditation and music.
SUN SIGN
Scorpio
BIRTHDAY
November 14
SCHOOL/COLLEGE
I graduated from the Welcomgroup
Graduate School of Hotel
Administration, Manipal
PLACE OF BIRTH
Amritsar
LOW POINT OF
YOUR LIFE
When I reached America, I
felt I was at the bottom of
the line and wasn’t sure
whether I would even get a
job as a dishwasher
HIGH POINT
OF YOUR
LIFE
When I felt
confident to
cook for my
grandmother
HOMETOWN
New York
CURENTLY DOING
Just released Flavors
First, my sixth book and
the first one in India by
OM Books International
FIRST
BREAK
Opened
Lawrence
Gardens
Banquets
when I was 17
Vikas Khanna
If you weren’t a chef, you would have
been...
A farmer.
One aspect about your body you
dislike?
I feel my nose is too
long while my legs
are too thin!
Your greatest
extravagance?
Flying to Kerala or
Morocco to get
spices.
The one thing you love
about Indian food?
Indian food has a lot
of emotions in it.
There is a strong
sense of connection,
which the rest of the
world misses out on.
Your strategy in a crisis?
To always remember that however
long the night is, it is
always followed by the day.
What would we find in your fridge right now?
Soy milk and eggs
for sure.
The song that always
lifts your spirits?
Chinna Chinna Aasai
(Dil Hai Chota Sa
from the film Roja). I
can sing in Tamil.
If you were an ice
cream, what flavour
would you be?
Saffron and
cardamom – truly
Indian at heart.
One thing about you that
isn’t generally known?
I’m a very shy person.
The dish you can never cook?
Methi aloo.
Have you got lucky with women
because of your skills in the kitchen?
Women love it when men cook.
They feel secure when they
know that a man can cook.
One recipe every man must know?
How to boil an egg – they can
do so much with it.
The day you realised you loved being
in the kitchen?
When I was about 10, I decided
to make dinner for everyone.
Your favourite book?
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach.
The last line of your autobiography
would read…
...peace of bread.
One thing you can never eat.
Endangered species.
You de-stress with?
Meditation and music.
SUN SIGN
Scorpio
BIRTHDAY
November 14
SCHOOL/COLLEGE
I graduated from the Welcomgroup
Graduate School of Hotel
Administration, Manipal
PLACE OF BIRTH
Amritsar
LOW POINT OF
YOUR LIFE
When I reached America, I
felt I was at the bottom of
the line and wasn’t sure
whether I would even get a
job as a dishwasher
HIGH POINT
OF YOUR
LIFE
When I felt
confident to
cook for my
grandmother
HOMETOWN
New York
CURENTLY DOING
Just released Flavors
First, my sixth book and
the first one in India by
OM Books International
FIRST
BREAK
Opened
Lawrence
Gardens
Banquets
when I was 17
