Chaithanya Caterers

You can find us at No.681 on the 3rd Main in Raghavendra Block. Banashankari 1st Stage is where we’ve always been based. The building is an old one, and the kitchen has those high ceilings that help with the heat, though it still gets pretty stuffy when all the burners are going at once. We specialize in handling the cooking for local events and family functions. It’s mostly manual labor. We don’t use those big industrial machines for everything; a lot of the spices are still ground in smaller batches because it just tastes better that way. My brother handles the logistics while I stay in the kitchen to watch the pots. We have a few big aluminum vessels that have been with us since we started. They have a few dents from being moved around so much, but they still work fine. The 3rd Main road is a bit narrow, so when the vegetable truck comes to drop off supplies, it blocks the whole street for ten minutes. The neighbors are patient with us, though. We don’t have a website or any of that corporate stuff. We just have a phone number and a reputation in the Srinagar area. We try to be honest about what we can do and what we can't. If an order is too big for us to handle properly, we just say no. It’s better than doing a bad job.