With Lasan the ambitions and the bar were set much higher. My father’s was like the light version and Lasan was what I actually wanted to do. The vision was always to change the perception of Indian cuisine. In order to do that we had to show people, firstly, what real Indian cuisine is all about and how sophisticated it is – it’s not that stodge that you pour over your rice or dunk your naan bread into. So we went to India, looked at what they do and the cooking practices that make up the various cultures on the Indian sub-continent, then it was a case of marrying that with the best of British produce – we’re very lucky to work with a lot of independent producers. So it was all about championing British produce and Indian cuisine. 
Gordon did was put it out to millions in one go and we’ve never
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