City Based Chef & Photographer Set Guinness Record on Everest

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Chandigarh 06^th June:- Two Chandigarh-based young professionals have brought laurels to City Beautiful by establishing a Guinness World Record on theIsland Peak (Imja Tse, Nepal) of Mount Everest. The world record was made by Chef Sanjay Thakur,

Etihad Airways professional from Chandigarh, and Chef Sunder Rajan Palaniappan of the Mahindra Group, on 30th May, 2018 at 11 am by opening 'Triyagyoni', the highest altitude pop-up restaurant for fine dining Indian cooking at such a remote and highest spot. Rajesh Kumar Yadav, a young photographer from Chandigarh, captured the historic moments in his camera.

Addressing a press conference here today, Chef Sanjay Thakur, Vice President, Young Chefs Association of India, said that on May 25^th we along with a professional mountaineering team, proceeded towards the world's highest Mount Everest. Our expedition was supported by the Indian Federation of Culinary Associations. In the supervision of the Guinness Book of World Records, we did fine dining Indian cooking at the highest altitude using natural fuel and resources.

Rajesh Yadav, having done photography for some of the reputed media organizations in the city for the past 17 years and now a successful entrepreneur who runs his own photography venture 'Colors Art', said that he is very excited to be a part of this Guinness Record  Expedition. This act is dedicated to the Ladakh-based 'Save The Himalaya Foundation' and for the betterment of environment.