chef ranveer brar needs no introduction from starting his career as a chef to hosting cooking shows and becoming a household name to experimenting with writing to marking his debut as an actor in modern love the multitalented chef has done it all in a candid interview with toi books chef ranveer brar spoke about writing poems his varied works in different fields why he believes in reinventing himself and more excerpts from the interview1 from being a celebrity chef to writing cookbooks to making your acting debut you have come a long way what inspires you to keep reinventing yourselfi think the need to continue exploring myself that is the biggest driver right from the time i chose to be a chef i have this problem of just not doing the usual i believe that i have evolved as a person and so should our persona and so should our expression why should we continue to express ourselves in just one way or the same way throughout our lives in the west people change their profession all the time they switch careers every 10 years and it is no big deal here we are just talking about expressing yourself in many different ways which shouldnt be a big deal either2 so what would you like to be remembered as a chef a writer or an actornothing can be compared to food i always say that the way we can touch peoples life through food is incomparable and it wont go anywhere the fact that the only medium that can touch move and inspire you is food you cant taste a painting you cant taste a dance or a song but you can do everything with food and thats why it is always going to the the primary expression where i will find comfort and solace3 in an earlier interview you had said that before getting into acting you were thinking of getting into direction so do you still have those plansi dont think i have a plan that i really run with i think it is more about feeling really strongly for something in particular and that manifestation in our life i consider myself as a storyteller and i believe in the power of stories i want to be in the service of storytelling for a really long time in my life direction writing and editing allows me to do so and i thought playing a character wouldnt allow me to do that but funny enough when you are playing a character you are also creating that character this allows you to say a story in your own unique way i also write poetry really short stuff4 tell us a bit more about your poemsi write in hindustani i try and write something at least twothree times a week even if it is short now i have gotten good with typing it on my phone so all of them are just notes on my phone5 do you plan to