I arrived at the beautiful Savera Hotel, the oldest hotel in Chennai at 2 am on 21 December and despite the record attempt was planned to start in less than 4 hours Dr. Damodaran was at the lobby of the hotel waiting to greet me with his big bright smile.
A fully equipped kitchen with pots and pans, six pumping gas hobs and surrounded by a huge colourful range of seasonings and spices had been set up for chef Damu at the Piano Restaurant level at Hotel Savera.
At about 8 am on the 21st December the clock started in front of a crowd composed by Damu’s friends, students,fans and family members, including Chef Damu’s daughter Akshayaa who flew especially from England for the occasion. Some of the main Tamil Nadu and Indian newspapers and TV channels were present as well and ready to capture every moment of the record breaking event.
Chef Damodaran is a well known Chef all over India as well as internationally and he is the first Indian to have received a doctorate in hotel management and catering technology.
In 1986 Dr. Damodaran started teaching in universities and as of today, he happily placed more than 3500 students in the catering industry.
It was beautiful to see the love and support surrounding this record attempt in fact many of the people present stayed up with Damu for the all duration of the record.
Famous celebrities, singers and personalities popped by to show support to the Chef and when the challenge was getting harder for Damu songs and dances would start in the room in a continuous celebration ended with a precious and well deserved new world record for Dr. Chef K. Damodaran.
Congratulations!
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