Drama and stories to fire up food in 2025
Live MintIn 2024, food dominated conversations and social media feeds with some trends like the Dubai chocolate bar and butter boards making headlines. Creativity—in terms of culinary experiments, use of ingredients and food presentation—and collaborations among Indian and international restaurants were some dominant themes. In Bengaluru, The Conservatory seemed to have a collab-dinner running almost every other weekend, and launched an “International Underdogs" series in November with international chefs conducting short-term residences hereon. “We hosted well-known travelling chefs Alexandre Aziza and Etienne Dupuy from France, and chefs Aaron Phua and Aaron Khor of Fifty Tales noodle bar in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia," says Akhila Srinivas, founder of The Conservatory.