My Life My Style: Kunal Vijayakar
'I need food around even when I'm sleeping'
 "Kunal Vijayakar")
Best work moment
When I get the day off
Books on your bedside
Made In India - my recently-launched cookbook. I need food around even when I am sleeping
Massage or workout to de-stress
Lazy swim and a beer
Designs that have caught your eye recently
Prashant Godbole's photography exhibition
Your favourite accessory
My rubber chappals
Your IT tools
iPhone 6
Favourite spirit
Scotch with Drambuie and crushed ice, commonly called "Rusty Nails"
Favourite champagne
Bollinger Brut Rose
Your sleeping ritual
In bed by 9 pm, watch some TV and crash by 9.45 pm
Favourite TV show
At the moment Downton Abbey
Best gift received
My fat genes
Favourite cuisine
Malaysian Peranakan
What food items do you like to shop for?
Meat and bread - my favourites
Newspapers, TV channels and websites you prefer
The Times of India, The Indian Express, The Hindustan Times, CNN IBN, Comedy Central and anything in HD. Naughty websites!!
Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with the driver or back seat like a sahib?
In the front seat. I can't bear not seeing where I am going
On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Sleep
Fancy coffee or masala tea
Cold coffee
What do you cook on your day off?
Eggs
Do you fill customer feedback forms? Why?
Never. We live in a country where you are filling forms all the time. It's a pet hate
Are you a beach or a mountain person?
I don't care as long as the room is air-conditioned, and the sheets and the bathroom are cleaned everyday
Your favourite city
London
What's your fragrance?
I never buy my fragrances. They are always gifted to me
The shoemaker you trust your sole with
Shyam Kale Shoes, Pune
The gels and oils and lotions you swear by
Venusia moisturiser, which is odourless
Your favourite evening wear
Shorts and chappals. Or kurta and jeans
What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Kellogs Special K with cold, whole-fat milk
Your current set of wheels
Mercedes ML 250 and an i10 to zip around in
Favourite cafe
Sea Lounge
Favourite restaurant
Gaylords
Workday lunch is
Varies: from Mutton Rolls from Hangla to biryani from Jafferbhai and Chinese takeaway from Mr Chow's
Your workout regime
A nap in the afternoon
Your ideal holiday
Ten days in London every two months
Your ideal dance music
Rock 'n' Roll
A few of your Goddesses are
Namrata Shirodkar and Anne Hathaway
Alpha males you know
Don't know any personally. But all the short, little ones always turn out to be the most alpha and aggressive
When I get the day off
Books on your bedside
Made In India - my recently-launched cookbook. I need food around even when I am sleeping
Massage or workout to de-stress
Lazy swim and a beer
Designs that have caught your eye recently
Prashant Godbole's photography exhibition
Your favourite accessory
My rubber chappals
Your IT tools
iPhone 6
Favourite spirit
Scotch with Drambuie and crushed ice, commonly called "Rusty Nails"
Favourite champagne
Bollinger Brut Rose
Your sleeping ritual
In bed by 9 pm, watch some TV and crash by 9.45 pm
Favourite TV show
At the moment Downton Abbey
Best gift received
My fat genes
Favourite cuisine
Malaysian Peranakan
What food items do you like to shop for?
Meat and bread - my favourites
Newspapers, TV channels and websites you prefer
The Times of India, The Indian Express, The Hindustan Times, CNN IBN, Comedy Central and anything in HD. Naughty websites!!
Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with the driver or back seat like a sahib?
In the front seat. I can't bear not seeing where I am going
On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Sleep
Fancy coffee or masala tea
Cold coffee
What do you cook on your day off?
Eggs
Do you fill customer feedback forms? Why?
Never. We live in a country where you are filling forms all the time. It's a pet hate
Are you a beach or a mountain person?
I don't care as long as the room is air-conditioned, and the sheets and the bathroom are cleaned everyday
Your favourite city
London
What's your fragrance?
I never buy my fragrances. They are always gifted to me
The shoemaker you trust your sole with
Shyam Kale Shoes, Pune
The gels and oils and lotions you swear by
Venusia moisturiser, which is odourless
Your favourite evening wear
Shorts and chappals. Or kurta and jeans
What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Kellogs Special K with cold, whole-fat milk
Your current set of wheels
Mercedes ML 250 and an i10 to zip around in
Favourite cafe
Sea Lounge
Favourite restaurant
Gaylords
Workday lunch is
Varies: from Mutton Rolls from Hangla to biryani from Jafferbhai and Chinese takeaway from Mr Chow's
Your workout regime
A nap in the afternoon
Your ideal holiday
Ten days in London every two months
Your ideal dance music
Rock 'n' Roll
A few of your Goddesses are
Namrata Shirodkar and Anne Hathaway
Alpha males you know
Don't know any personally. But all the short, little ones always turn out to be the most alpha and aggressive
Kunal Vijayakar
TV host and producer, author
TV host and producer, author
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First Published: Apr 04 2015 | 12:17 AM IST