Updated On: 27 April, 2019 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Suman Mahfuz Quazi
In town for a special dinner, popular British-Indian chef Ravinder Bhogal talks about the confluence of cuisines in her food and finding her feet in an unforgiving culinary industry

Bhogal and chef Divesh Ashwani prep for the special dinner. Pics/Suresh Karkera
The kitchen is her playground. She glides around the sprawling set-up inside Magazine Street Kitchen with ease born out of familiarity, and stripped off all paraphernalia — aprons, gloves or a cap — elegant in her flow-ysnakeskin-print dress.
Ravinder Bhogal's foray into cooking began in a manner she calls "unorthodox." "I trained as a journalist. First and foremost, I think of myself as a writer, and cooking was a deep passion. That, combined with destiny brought me here," the popular Indian-origin British chef, award-winning restaurateur and author tells us ahead of a special dinner she will be serving at the Byculla venue tonight. But her love for food stems from a deeper place.