Having your cake and eating it too!

Two hospitality industry stalwarts go independent and bake up a scrumptious storm that’ll make you drool!

I am standing outside the FondArt Bakehouse factory in Lucknow, putting on a hairnet and shoe covers before India’s best pastry chef, Avijit Ghosh, allows me inside his kitchen. Knowing that his ingredients and creations must remain pristine, I am entirely cool with these rules. Rule 1 of any kitchen is that hygiene comes first.

Chef Avijit Ghosh (inset) is the consultant chef at the bakery

Nidhi and Raag Verma’s (inset) idea was to give Lucknow something new and unique

Lucknow is Raag’s hometown, which is why the bakery is set up here. Nidhi, who has been in the industry for years, thought it was time to give Lucknow something new and unique, such as fondant cakes and the finest collection of pastries and breads.