Prim Chatterjee becomes the first Indian to receive a Frenchmanship Award

New Delhi, August 19, 2019, Monday

Youth Chef Prim Chatterjee becomes the first Indian to be honored with the French Award Chevalier Deidue Mariette Agricole (Order of Agriculture Merit) by French Ambassador Alexandre Zegler.

Chatterjee was honored during a ceremony held today. "There is a similarity between the Indians and the Franciscans, that they can only talk about food and food without getting tired, and there is not one Indian and French film that has not been talked about," said Ziegler.

Jaeger went on to say, 'Dear Sir, you should introduce yourself as an ambassador for French food in Delhi.' Chatterjee, trained under the renowned French chef, has the honor of turning his residence into a traditional French food in West Bengal.