One of India s most creative chefs who put nawabi Lucknow s Dum Pukht cuisine on the world map, and also became the first practising member of his fraternity to ever get a Padma Shri in 2016, Imtiaz Qureshi, passed away on Friday at the age of 93.
Chef Imitiaz Qureshi died at the age of 93. He is said to be the “man behind ITC Culinary Masterpieces like Bukhara, and Dum Pukht”. Here s what popular chefs and restaurateurs said about the “culinary genius”.