Photos| HTLS 2019: Heston Blumenthal, Michael Phelps and Kareena Kapoor cap Day 1
The 17th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, at Taj Palace in New Delhi resumed after a break following the first half where speakers like PM Narendra Modi, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Cdr Abhilash Tomy and Netflix founder Reed Hastings covered a broad range of topics across disciplines. The theme for this year’s thought conclave is “Conversations for a better tomorrow”. The second half saw conversations by international chef Heston Blumenthal, champion swimmer Michael Phelps and actors Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Updated on Dec 06, 2019 07:49 pm IST 10 Photos
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The day’s second half began with Chef Heston Blumenthal speaking to Chef Sarah Todd. Blumenthal said there is no cooking without imagination. “We eat too much food, if we were more mindful, we will eat less. Next time, you have red wine picture, someone who fills you with happiness and have a sip. Then picture someone who fills you with hate and take another sip. It tastes completely different,” said the celebrity chef. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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“We should cook food with love, gratitude and connection,” chef Blumenthal said. “The most intimate relationship humans have with is with their body and breath, then it’s water and then comes food. So, they have relationships with breathing, water and food,” said the celebrity chef. On veganism, celebrity chef Blumenthal said, “Less choice forces creativity,” and that “We can be more creative at home by experimenting,” on creativity factor in cooking. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Brad Loiselle, President and CEO, BetterU with Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO, Zomato and Jeremy Jauncey, Founder and CEO, Beautiful Destinations. “The journey has been great. It’s been a great 11 years. We serve 48 million people in India every year. Outside India, we serve 25 million people,” said Goyal. “Zomato has become something we have never thought,” he said, adding that it has his business isn’t just tech anymore. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)
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“We connect with millions of people around the world. When we started, we started on Instagram. We are more connected. We have a mobile society today that travels more. We have this enormous opportunity to tap on this,” said Beautiful Destinations CEO Jeremy Jauncey (2nd R). (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)
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