Chef Sanjeev Kapoor Backs AI Integration In Culinary World

MUMBAI-Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor said technology is not something to be feared, but something that should be adapted to as part of progress.

“Whether it is AI or any other technology, we always need to adapt to it, and we have — it may be the internet era or the AI. There is always going to be something new, and we will have to move forward along with it. So we should not be scared of the new technology, we should try to work along with it,” he said.

It is notable that filmmaker Hansal Mehta, who directed episodes of Sanjeev Kapoor’s popular cooking show ‘Khana Khazana’, is working on India’s first AI-powered cooking series titled ‘Khana Dil Se’.

Describing the concept, filmmaker Hansal Mehta said, “The use of AI will not just be as a visual and imagination tool, but as a collaborator in the storytelling itself. ‘Khana Dil Se’ reclaims food as a living cultural heritage.”

Highlighting the cultural significance of cooking, Hansal Mehta, known for projects such as ‘Scoop’, added, “When you cook something from another culture, you are not just following a recipe, you are stepping into a piece of someone else’s life. A recipe carries within it an entire history: of land, of migration, of a grandmother’s hands. These are probably humanity’s most durable cultural documents, passed down through generations, across borders, surviving when almost nothing else does. That’s what makes food such an honest way to look at people and who they really are.” (IANS)