Tamil Nadu CM Vijay condoles death of Chef Dhamu
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay condoles death of Chef Dhamu left Chef Dhamu. File B. Jothi Ramalingam The Hindu JOTHI RAMALINGAM B CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 10/08/2015: Chef Damu at the food festival at GRT Grand Hotel, T. Nagar in Chennai on August 10, 2015. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam Chef Dhamodharan, a recipient of Padma Shri, set a Guinness World Record in 2010 for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.
CHENNAI Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Sunday (October 25, 2026) condoled the death of popular Chef K. Dhamodharan who was widely known as ‘Chef Dhamu’. In a post on X, Mr. Vijay said, through his culinary skills and distinctive approach, Dhamodharan brought the art of cooking closer to the people through television programmes. In 2010, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.
He was also honoured with the Padma Shri and his demise is a great loss to the culinary world, Mr. Vijay added.
