India, June 23 -- Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the face of Indian cooking. The Padma Shri winner brought restaurant-style cooking into Indian living rooms through his immensely popular TV show Khana Khazana, and he still remains relevant to this day. On June 22, talking about his journey and a career spanning decades, the chef appeared on journalist and author Vir Sanghvi's podcast, Culinary Culture.

During the conversation, he discussed several defining moments that shaped his journey as a chef, including the untold stories behind Khana Khazana and the corporate politics that led him to quit his job as an executive chef. Among the many things discussed, he also talked about why he initially rejected MasterChef and demanded to be paid more tha...