The Gathering is a food festival like no other, where 9 chefs and 9 artists come together to create 9 unique dining experiences for one weekend only. Each of the tables at The Gathering, reserved for just twenty guests, draws inspiration from themes of Conservation, Innovation & Exploration. This table brings together Chef Gresham Fernandes and Elsewhere in India to share their take on Innovation through food and art. 

Contrasts & Dualities - 5 Course Tasting Menu by Gresham Fernandes X Elsewhere In India

Contrasts emphasize dualities and create a dynamic eating experience at this table with a tech-forward aesthetic, an audio-visual focus and a minimalist, modern approach. It’s not just a menu of dishes but food as a narrative: exploring themes of cheap vs. expensive, restraint vs. expression, heritage vs. futures, nature vs. industrialization and even broader issues like sustainability. Chef Gresham masterfully deconstructs familiar flavors, juxtaposing the traditional and the avant-garde to expose the inherent dualities within each ingredient. "Contrasts & Dualities" is a subversive symposium of flavor. Chef Gresham's gastronomic provocations meet 'Elsewhere in India's' heritage-hacked futurism through Murthovic's soundscapes and Thiruda's visuals, thus forging a new culinary lexicon.

Chef Profile: Gresham Fernandes 

With Bandra Born, Chef Gresham Fernandes returned to his roots, but loaded with culinary achievements. He’s worked his way up the Indian culinary scene to become one of India’s brightest chefs. 1n 2013, a residency at Noma in Copenhagen gave him the idea to combine his East Indian catholic cooking origins with global influences. He knows how to keep patrons coming back for more having previously run the famous Salt Water Cafe, in the same place. 

Artist Profile: Elsewhere in India  

Using tools like game engines, motion capture, and AI, Elsewhere In India craft vivid realms where cultural legacy meets futuristic scenarios. A mix of music, simulation and installations created by music director Murthovic (MSR Murthy) and media artist + creative director Thiruda (Avinash Kumar), represent the new wave of Contemporary Asian art reversing the narrative of colonisation that views eastern creative projects as inferior or lacking.

MENU:

Non Vegetarian

Snacks 

Broccoli biscuit - koji flour, poppy seed, cheese  

Radish waffle - soy marinated radish, sesame emulsion, seaweed waffle 

Dope Coffee Cured Salmon  

meaty beets, green apples, lemon skin

The Gathering of Mushrooms 

cooked with roasted chicken skin butter, sea kelp & fennel 

Crab Rice

ambemohar rice cooked with brown ghee & pandan 

assorted condiments 

The Whole Banana 

granola, caramel, icecream 

Non Racist Chocolate 

porcini, pumpkin - one bite 

Vegetarian 

Snacks 

Broccoli biscuit - koji flour, poppy seed, cheese  

Radish waffle - soy marinated radish, sesame emulsion, seaweed waffle 

Meaty Beets

dope coffee glaze, green apples, lemon skin

The Gathering of Mushrooms 

cooked with roasted yeast butter, sea kelp & fennel 

Roasted Cabbage 

ambemohar rice cooked with brown ghee & pandan 

assorted condiments 

The Whole Banana 

granola, caramel, ice-cream 

Non Racist Chocolate 

porcini, pumpkin - one bite