MUMBAI, INDIA: The coal-fired tandoor oven sends a mouth-watering scent wafting through the Mumbai kitchen as celebrity chef Saransh Goila, maker of the world's "best butter chicken" according to MasterChef Australia, takes a break from Covid-19 relief efforts and resumes work.
Although the pandemic has done little to slow the global appetite for his delivery-only signature dish, business has been the last thing on his mind of late with India battling a brutal second wave of infections.
LABOR OF LOVE In this photograph taken on June 21, 2021 chef Saransh Goila prepares an order in the kitchen of the Goila Butter Chicken restaurant in Mumbai. AFP PHOTO