(By our Chief Correspondent, Kochi)
The MasterChef Suresh Pillai of BBC MasterChef fame was in for a real surprise. Andrew Fleming, the Deputy High Commissioner of Great Britian in Bengaluru paid a visit to Chef Pillai’s Restaurant at Le Meridian in Kochi last week. To quote his own tweet Fleming tweeted “ It was a real treat to visit Restaurant Chef Pillai’s in Cochin, enjoy some first class Kerala cuisine & meet the man himself!” Chef Pillai spent 15 fabulous years in the United Kingdom, appeared on Master Chef UK & is now truly a celebrity chef with a huge You Tube following!”