Anant Ambani Visits Vikas Khanna’s Bungalow In NYC; Radhika Ties Jalebi Rakhi On Chef

To welcome the power-couple, chef Vikas Khanna decorated the space with flowers and wrote out ‘Vantara’ in flowers to honour Anant Ambani’s animal rescue organisation.

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It is no secret that the Ambani family loves Chef Vikas Khanna and his New York-based, award-winning restaurant Bungalow. From Nita Ambani and Mukesh Ambani to Isha Ambani and Anant and Radhika Ambani, almost all members of the Ambani family have visited and enjoyed a meal specially cooked by the MasterChef India judge.

A few days before Raksha Bandhan, Anant Ambani, along with his wife Radhika Ambani visited the restaurant. Chef Vikas Khanna took to Instagram to share a glimpse of the visit of Anant Ambani and his wife Radhika Ambani to his restaurant, Bungalow, in New York.

He could be seen washing and cleaning the glass roof of his restaurant and decorating it with flower petals to read the word ‘Vantara’. Calling it “an amazing day”, he wrote, “I have always admired and deeply respected Anant Ambani for his extraordinary work at Vantara. Beyond the scale of what he has created, I have always found him to be an incredibly compassionate human being, with a genuine love and commitment towards animals and their protection.”

Sharing how “Hosting Anant [Ambani} and his family at Bungalow meant the world” to him, Chef Vikas added,”The whole world knows what the name Radhika means to me. This Rakhi season has been so much about remembrance for me with everyday guests tying so many rakhis on my wrist. It is about the people we love, what they leave behind, and how their presence continues to live within us. Today, when Radhika tied a small jalebi shaped Rakhi on my wrist, something inside me shifted. For a moment, I felt a part of me heal.”

About Chef Vikas Khanna’s Bungalow

Located in the East Village of Manhattan, New York, Bungalow is a temporary restaurant by Chef Vikas Khanna that was launched on March 23, 2024, on what would’ve been the 50th birthday of his late sister, Radhika. Serving a fixed 300 dinners of satvic Indian food every night, Bungalow is on a journey to bring Indian cuisine to the world via meals that are meant for sharing and are inspired by regional flavours and ingredients across India’s 28 states. It is an ode to India’s country clubs,

What makes the Michelin 2024 Bib Gourmand Award-winning restaurant stand out, other than it being consistently sold out and getting reservations always being tough, is that Chef Vikas has been very vocal about permanently shutting shop on March 23, 2034, exactly ten years after it first opened.

In a previous interview with Hindustan Times, Chef Vikas said, “After Junoon, I wasn’t planning on opening another restaurant. The five years of trying to save my sister – my best friend and my twin – it killed me. This was her dream, and I am just keeping my promise to her. This will be my last restaurant. We do a fixed 300 dinners every night and will do this for another 10 years.”

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The name ‘Radhika’ is significant to Chef Vikas Khanna because it is the name of his late sister, Radhika Khanna, who passed away in 2022. She was his greatest inspiration and guiding light, and he dedicates rituals, rangolis, and dishes to her. His restaurant, Bungalow, was launched on what would have been her 50th birthday.

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