For man of taste, a stirring profession

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Men rule the world of culinary art. Think about master chefs and some names that come up to mind are Sanjeev Kapoor, Vikas Khanna, Ajay Chopra, and Kunal Kapur. Tarla Dalal long held the fort for women but it has now fallen to kitchen kings.

Chef Kunal Kapur has a theory on why men make good cooks.“In urban Indian society, parents encourage their daughters to go out and work, but once into marriage, women have to balance job with the responsibilities of cooking,” says Kapur, who was at the Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Chandigarh, to give students a demonstration of using avocado in the Indian cuisine. So, do the chefs cook at home? “Too much of cooking at work tires me so much that unless it’s a holiday, I also prefer not to,” said the culinary artist.

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