The Chef Studio at Manorama Hortus Art & Literature festival will highlight the importance of food in our lives. The event will be held from November 27 to 30 at Subhash Park in Kochi.

What’s cooking along with food? While enjoying the taste of culinary delights, we also share our memories, trials, loves, hates and even politics. The Chef Studio at Hortus, Kerala’s biggest literary-cultural festival, will provide exactly this experience, with heated discussions over sumptuous and diverse cuisines.

The chief attractions at Chef Studio include:
1)   Zero Waste Kitchen 
A demo session arranged by Chef Velton Saldanha.
2)   Dispatch from the Future : Imagining insects – Tansha Vohra
This session will discuss whether insects would become a part of our diet in future.
3)  'Lanthan Batheriyile' Biriyanikal
A conversation over biriyani between noted writer NS Madhavan and historian-illustrator Bony Thomas.
4)   The Body and Food Workshop : Shubhra Chatterji 
A workshop which examines how the body remembers various culinary experiences.
5)   Dispatch from the Future : Fermented Future – Payal Shah (Kobo Fermentary)
This session explains how food could be prepared without boiling or frying. It explores a situation where fuel becomes inconsequential.
6)   Dispatch from the Future: Climate Crops – Chef Radhika Khandelwal
A session discussing foods that can withstand climate change.
7)   Eating with History: Tania Abraham
Explains how food habits changed over the course of history.
8)   Ripe for Change: A Banana-tasting Experience Concept by Edible Issues – Tansha Vohra, Shruti Tharayil.
A session where tales related to bananas that are linked with history will be shared.
9)   Map the Wild: A Guided Walk and Board Game 
A thrilling food walk at the Hortus venue.