This Sunday, Bandra's seafood speciality restaurant Bastian won't witness chef Kelvin Cheung, better known as Kel C, serve OTT waffles at the brunch. The F&B director of Bastian Hospitality has been relieved from his position, a press release issued late on Tuesday night said.

While the official statement cited Cheung's father's passing and the need to be with family in America, speculations about differences between Cheung and Shilpa Shetty-Kundra, actress and co-partner at Bastian Hospitality, have surfaced. In April 2019, the star partnered with entrepreneur Ranjeet Bindra to take the brands Bastian, One Street and Whole Some & Then Some across the country, and globally. The group had announced opening two more branches of Bastian across India this year.

Boo Kwang Kim has replaced Cheung as F&B Director, a predictable decision given that as Cheung's protege, the Korean chef knows the brand inside out. The two were a team for four years until they parted ways in 2018, and Kim launched Dirty Buns, a Lower Parel eatery that salutes his South Korean heritage and Chicago upbringing.