Indian chef Surabhi Sehgal’s food art Instagram posts often go viral. Her goal? To inspire people to eat healthily by ‘applying imagination’

“It’s an intuitive process that evolves as I go along, as I don’t follow a set template while styling.” Sehgal’s “jamun froyo” has a painterly effect made with sauces. Photo: Surabhi Sehgal The self-taught Indian chef, currently based in the northern Indian city of Gurgaon, says her passion for cooking was ignited when she was … Read more

From engineer to influencer to MasterChef finalist, this dad is subverting Indian stereotypes by spending time in the kitchen

After he married his wife, Rashmi, and moved to Singapore in 1992, the couple took turns to cook and host dinner parties at home – and when he realised his two young daughters were becoming fussy eaters, he decided to make innovative lunchboxes for them. Closepet makes all manner of dishes with an Indian twist, … Read more