Chef served chicken to vegetarians!

This came to light after a former employee of his restaurant filed an employment tribunal case against him and also alerted the higher authorities about the same. The employee Mafis Ali, who worked as an assistant manager was concerned about chicken stock being served to vegans and vegetarians and also about non-halal animal product being served to Muslims and hence he wrote an email to all the senior chefs of Tamarind.

If reports are to be believed, when Khanna dismissed Mafis Ali’s plea by saying, ‘guests don’t need to know', as many as six other staff members raised this issue again, but nothing came out of it.

The judge handling the case of Mafis Ali ruled that the former employee was unfairly removed from his position two weeks after the row and that the employee should be paid damages, limited to one month’s wages of around £2,500 (over Rs Two lakh).

Khanna who owns the Indian-themed 'Tamarind' chain of restaurants in London is known to have served celebrities like David Beckham and Charlize Theron. Karunesh Khanna continues to work at Tamarind's Mayfair restaurant.

Being a vegan or a vegetarian is a personal choice of people and infringing that is criminal. It is unfair to dupe people into eating food that violates their religious and personal choice. It is important for the chefs to value the beliefs and faiths of people and authorities should take due measures to ensure instances like this are not frequented.