A day out with Chef Vaibhav Mahajan
Date – 22nd March
2015, Sunday.
Location – Hotel Ghazal, Sector
5, Panchkula, Haryana.
Occasion – Jivo Canola Kitchen
Championship Chandigarh 2015
I came to know from Mrs. Sarita
Khurana Ji (Our mentor, Food writer, Nutrition expert) about this championship
and I decided to participate on this event. Chef Vaibhav Mahajan (Zee Khana
Khazana chef & TV anchor, culinary expert) is going to judge the show so
naturally it’s a great event for foodies like me. But, the interesting part of
the story is, to spend time with Vaibhav. In one of the competition last year I
met with Chef Ranveer Brar (Zee Khana Khazana chef, show anchor and judge in
Master Chef India 2015). It was a short meeting. I clicked one picture with him
and had a brief introduction. That’s all. So naturally I am thinking expecting
same thing when I heard about Vaibhav’s visit to Chandigarh.
On 21st of March I
got a call from Sarita Khurana Ji that I have to come early for the event and
give a company to Vaibhav till competition starts. Me and my friend (Partner in
my journey to world of the cooking) reached to the venue around 12:30 PM on the
22nd March. Sarita Khurana Ji and team were there with Chef Vaibhav
and waiting for us. We had normal introduction round with Vaibhav and share
some ideas about cooking and food with a cup of coffee. In between
conversation, I was little bit nervous because I am sitting next to a celebrity.
But this nervousness was for around couple of minutes. And the reason of this
is Chef itself. I am really impressed with his nature and the way he is
delivering his words. In between conversation we become friends. Just 10
minutes before I came to meet with a celebrity chef and all of sudden I forget
that I am sitting with a person who is a celebrity.
Soon, we talked about regional,
traditional food and I told Vaibhav about my plans to write a book on Himachali
traditional food. Vaibhav gave me lot of suggestions and ideas, how can I
proceed with this dream of a book. Then Vaibhav proceed with the event where I
was one of the participants (Only male participant) among 22 participants and I
finished with 4th position. Vaibhav told me during prize ceremony
that it was a close call between me and winners. But sometimes these things
don’t matter. Only thing matter is to spend quality time with Vaibhav. After
event we again discussed about various things with the Sarita ma’am and team.
Vaibhav was very happy to be in Chandigarh and it was his first visit to
Chandigarh.
A pleasant Sunday ended in
Railway station, Me and Anurag dropped Vaibhav at Chandigarh railway station
(Shatabadi to Delhi) and we wrapped up our discussion with guys kind of chat J
Overall it was a great Sunday. I
never thought I’ll spend this much time with Vaibhav and gain too many
important and knowledgeable things from him.
Thanks Vaibhav for coming to
Chandigarh and for your valuable suggestions. Hope to see you soon in city
beautiful
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