Similar was the case when on a walk with his wife in Christchurch, Dash Bedi decided to join a Bollywood themed party.

From Mumbai, to London, to Auckland – Chef Tejas Nikam’s culinary journey has seen him plate up dishes to a vast audience and given him the opportunity to work alongside some of the industry’s greatest.

India-born, and now a New Zealand resident Pratik Patel, who was featured in our October’s Diwali issue, has done the Kiwi-Indian community proud by winning the first runners-up prize at the recently concluded Mr India event in New Delhi.