CHEF'S GUIDE TO MIGRATION

As the hospitality sectors in Europe, America and South East Asia continue to grow, Chef Sharanya Purohit of The Chef's Arena asks chefs across the world which countries offer the best life, income and opportunities for their families.

Tier-2 India is finally eating fine dining — and the chefs are local

Lucknow, Indore, Coimbatore and Visakhapatnam are seeing a wave of chef-led, ticketed-menu restaurants. The interesting part: the chefs are mostly hometown returners.

Karnataka carves out cloud-kitchen zoning in new urban food policy

Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru get explicit cloud-kitchen land-use categories under Karnataka’s 2026 urban food policy, ending years of ambiguity for operators.

FSSAI tightens front-of-pack nutrition labelling for ready-to-eat meals

New rules require salt, sugar and saturated-fat warnings on the front of all packaged ready-to-eat meals from October 2026, with cloud kitchens not exempt.

Aahar 2026 returns to Bharat Mandapam with focus on sustainable packaging

India's biggest hospitality trade show announces a dedicated hall for compostable and reusable packaging, plus a new Chef Innovation Pavilion.

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