Raaz has a appointed a new head chef, Kuldeep Mattegunta, for its Putney restaurant. His all-new menu offering regional Indian cooking includes: Bihari slow braises, Deccan kormas, Kashmiri Wazwan, Konkan coastal dishes.
Mattegunta’s impressice career has included time in some of London’s top kitchen: Gordon Ramsay’s Maze, Nobu Metropolitan on Park Lane, Corrigan’s Mayfair, Arbutus in Soho, Quilon, before becoming executive sous-chef at Benares.
He spent two years as head chef at Kricket, then co-founded and ran Republic in Chiswick, his own restaurant, which opened in 2021.
New dishes include the Champaran Goat Curry, a Bihari slow braise in roasted garlic and warming whole spices; Kashmiri Wazwan Lamb Ribs with a chilli maple glaze; and Ghati Prawn with Konkan spices and kachampuli vinaigrette.
Author: George Shaw
Former BBC journalist and founder and CEO of an award-winning London advertising and PR company for 20 years, providing restaurant consultancy services. Spent a decade as the director of communications of the Asian Catering Federation in the UK and lead judge for its various restaurant and chef awards programmes. Now returned to journalism, specialising in food and travel and currently the Editor-in-Chief for Taste London, Taste Asia, the Good Curry Guide and CEO of International Culinary Guides.