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At the fag end of 2019, just before the pandemic altered the world and the world of restaurants irrevocably, restaurateur Rohit Khattar, 58, owner of the acclaimed Indian Accent and Comorin, called me up one afternoon. He wanted to make his apologies for not being able to attend an event around Business on a Platter, my then new book on the business of restaurants, in which he is a case study.
To be honest, I had hardly expected him to participate in the panel discussion (between the country’s top restaurateurs), knowing, and having written about, his social shyness and reluctance to appear in public. As he signed off, he chuckled and quipped, “You can always put an empty chair with a name tag saying ‘invisible restaurateur’!” referencing the sobriquet I’d given him in my book.
