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He’s an Indian celebrity chef with a number of restaurants in the UAE and around the world. He’s also an entrepreneur and television personality. “I have some sweet memories of my mother making an array of mithais [sweets] and farsaan [savouries] during Diwali. With my siblings and me gorging on them on pretext of helping out in the kitchen. The besan laddoos were and still are my favourite.”