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Padma Shri chef Damu, beloved Cooku with Comali judge, dies in Chennai: Tributes pour in from fellow chefs and fans
🇮🇳 India · Society · Tamil Nadu · 22 h ago
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Padma Shri chef Damu, beloved Cooku with Comali judge, dies in Chennai: Tributes pour in from fellow chefs and fans
He would later earn a PhD in hotel management and catering technology from the University of Madras in 2004 — the first Indian chef to do so — teach and lead hotel management institutes, author more than 20 cookbooks, and help overhaul Tamil Nadu’s school noon-meal scheme, training some 140,000 work
In January 2025, the Government of India conferred on him the Padma Shri for contributions to the culinary arts — an honour, chef Venkatesh said, that showed thousands in the catering industry that their craft could reach the highest civilian recognition.
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