In one of the more grandiose rooms of the JW Marriott on Vittal Mallya Road on Saturday afternoon, sat a white gentleman not in his Sunday best. But maybe in his most relaxed outfit. Blue jeans, a white tee and a white handkerchief fashioned into a headgear.
The man could be mistaken for a sailor on a break admiring the landscape he found himself in, but make no mistake, it was him – the one they call ‘the first celebrity chef’ – the enfant terrible of the UK restaurant scene, Chef Marco Pierre White.
In Bengaluru recently, celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, who has trained notable chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Mario Batali, talks about returning to Bengaluru, how he enjoys traffic jams, the romance of olden cooking and why life should have calories.
‘Enfant terrible’ may not be right to describe Chef Marco anymore; maybe it’s mellowing down with age. He is here in Bengaluru for the second time, and this time, he has come for a masterclass he gave on Saturday afternoon and to serve brunch to his guests on Sunday at noon. “Bengaluru is very green. I mean that’s rare for a city,” says Chef Marco, pointing to a cluster of trees visible from the grand windows of the hotel.
“Strangely, what’s amazing is that I like the traffic jams here. I don’t notice the stagnancy; the eyes are always amused. By being stuck in traffic, you see things, and there is so much to see in this city,” he shares.
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