For the hands that wield the ladle and rule the culinary world, it is celebration time. A sigh of relief has gone up from the F&B industry after the Bombay High Court decriminalised the consumption of beef in the state, allowing restaurants to sell imported beef (Read the full story).

Shaival Chandra, owner of Hopping Chef in Worli, was relieved that beef will now be back on the plates. "We own a bespoke luxury dining service and beef is an important ingredient for us. It will be great to go back to clients who ordered beef burgers and beef steaks before the ban. We offer a lot of barbecue dinners in the private sit-down section. Steaks also form an important part of our Italian meals," he said.