Chef Damu, champion of Tamil Nadu's food heritage, dies at 72

Chef K Damodaran, popularly known as Chef Damu, died in Chennai on October 25 at 72. He took Tamil Nadu's cuisine to a wider stage, documented forgotten dishes and shared techniques through television shows. He once cooked vegetable biryani and masala egg for 350 schoolchildren and trained government noon-meal cooks in dishes like tomato biryani and bisibelabhath.