You couldn’t have missed Ed Sheeran’s tall chef’s hat in his latest music video, ‘Sapphire’, set in India.
While Ed beams cheerfully from underneath the hat in the ITC Grand Chola’s Avartana kitchen for just for a number of seconds, Chef Mayank Kulshrestha, space government chef, Southern Region, ITC Hotels, who was in the kitchen when Ed shot the video, stated the performer spent an hour with the crew, curious to find out how their menu got here collectively. “He flipped some coin parottas and tried his hand at sautéing and steaming,” says Mayank, including “He tried the lobster, fish, and Uthukuli butter chicken.”
Mere months after his six- metropolis India tour, Ed Sheeran launched ‘Sapphire’ (a part of his new upcoming album Play) in collaboration with Indian singer Arijit Singh. The track was simply choosing up momentum and discovering its spot on trending charts when Ed dropped a music video that stunned the nation. It featured actor Shah Rukh Khan, Arijit, and snippets from Ed’s tour throughout India.
The video, which is mild, vibrant and enjoyable, has over 2 million views and counting.
Ed stayed on the ITC Grand Chola throughout his two-day go to to the town and dined at Avartana on each days. Avartana, the lodge’s Southern Indian restaurant, has garnered quite a few awards, together with rankings of quantity 30 and 44 on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2023 and 2024.
British singer Ed Sheeran performs reside in a live performance throughout his ‘The Mathematics Tour to India’
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Mark Surridge by way of PTI Photo
During the tour, Ed performed vacationer at any time when he may, using in autos, getting massages, sightseeing, and sampling native meals. “This is kind of a selfish trip for me because I came here to be a tourist and spent the last two days just going around the city,” he had stated throughout his Chennai present which noticed a footfall of roughly 50,000.
“He was a very curious person, and anything creative requires curiosity and enthusiasm. He was very lively and said he didn’t want to disturb us. Ed told me this was for a music video and asked us to just keep operating as usual. So we were preparing for the evening shift, and all the stations were busy,” says Mayank.
Ed Sheeran performs reside in a live performance throughout his ‘The Mathematics Tour to India’
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Mark Surridge by way of PTI Photo
“He loved our triple-distilled rasam and joked about how he could write a song just for this,” says Shaariq Akhtar, normal supervisor, ITC Grand Chola. To welcome him to the Karikalan Chola presidential suite at ITC Grand Chola, the crew constructed a miniature duplicate of Portman Road Stadium in chocolate. This is the house of the Ipswich Town Football Club. “Ed Sheeran is a huge football fan, and he supports Ipswich Town. He was thrilled because other hotels he stays at usually focus on him and his music, but this is an interest I share with him, so he loved that,” provides Shaariq.
Another second from Ed’s keep at ITC Grand Chola, which additionally options in the music video, was considered one of him getting a real street-style head therapeutic massage from A Sandeep, a long-time member of the 85-year-old Kerala Hair Dressers in Pondy Bazaar. “He got the massage on the roof of the presidential suite,” beamed Shaariq.
As for that tall chef’s hat? Ed autographed it, and gave it to Chef Mayank. So now the cooks can blare Sapphire and dance to ‘Don’t you finish the get together, I may do that all week’ the following time they make parottas and Uthukuli butter rooster.
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Published – June 13, 2025 03:25 pm IST
