Kavi Thakrar

Those early experiences sit behind the confidence of what came next, even if Dishoom itself would become the defining chapter. Since 2010, he has been co-founder and creative director of Dishoom, shaping not only how the restaurant operates, but how it feels — its imagination, its atmosphere, the story it tells before a single plate arrives at the table.

Since 2010, he has held the dual role of co-founder and creative director. That means Kavi is involved in both the big picture and the finer details: the concept, the presentation, the sense of welcome that surrounds the dining experience. He has described food as a force that draws people together, noting, “We always gathered around over food.” It is a deceptively simple idea, but one that sits at the heart of the work he has built: a restaurant as a place of gathering, memory and conversation, where the act of eating is the act of belonging.

Kavi’s defining milestone is the 2010 co-founding of Dishoom. From that point on, he has remained in the creative director role there, making the restaurant the central fact of his career. In that sense, his acclaim is not tied to a single moment, but to continuity: the steady shaping of a place whose identity has grown from his vision and stayed anchored there ever since.