By Sourish Bhattacharyya
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| Hosted by Tourism Victoria, Gary Mehigan will be in Mumbai today to conduct a masterclass for the media at the Grand Hyatt. Image: Courtesy of Gary Mehigan's blog |
I AM in a state of high excitement
because I shall be spending a good part of the day with Gary Mehigan, co-host
and judge of Masterchef Australia as well as Melbourne restaurateur, the series
that is watched by more people in India than Down Under. Hosted by Tourism
Victoria, which naturally would want to showcase the culinary wealth of
Melbourne, Gary will conduct a masterclass for the media at Celini, the Italian
restaurant at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, and then serve lunch to invited guests.
Victoria’s Tourism Minister Louise Asher will also be present at the event to
showcase her state and its many attractions.
Last year, when Gary and George Calombaris
came to Delhi, I spent a day with them, first at a farmhouse cookout, where India’s
most famous Aussie, Bill Marchetti, presided over the suckling pig, and then as
the host of an appearance they made for their publishers, Penguin Books, at the
Landmark at Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj. They’re easy to get along with and very
professional — and they were surprised as their celebrity status in India. “We
are learning to get used to it,” Gary had said to me. Well, I am looking
forward to another day of seeing Gary get mobbed by women and children, who are
his biggest fan, in one of Mumbai’s finest restaurants.
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