Mumbai, July 15 -- It's been seen as a mourning period for the global chef community, after the tragic passing of culinary legends like Anthony Bourdain, Paul Bocuse and more recently French chef Joel Robuchon. The celebrated hands that stirred the pot had stilled. Closer to home, the Indian chef fraternity has lost its share of food icons. Last month, the industry bade a tearful farewell to Jiggs Kalra and this weekend, it was announced that chef Arvind Saraswat had breathed his last. A stalwart of Indian cuisine, Saraswat spent most of his career with the Taj Group of hotels, conceptualising influential restaurants such as the House of Ming, Haveli and Orient Express and penning the high-selling food book 'Professional Chef'. Many famous Indian chefs, whose careers have been touched by Saraswat, have paid fulsome tribute on his passing. "Very very influential in my budding days, we were his experiments. Still remember how he shaped a lot of us to what we have become. RIP. Although, wished I spent more time with him in those days," mourned the two Michelin starred Gaggan Anand who'd gone to achieve more than his respected mentor. Others like TV celebrity chef Kunal Kapoor was equally salutary: "He was my first chef and my first boss, my first mentor. RIP Chef Arvind Saraswat," he'd tweeted, adding, "One of the most powerful chefs of our country who shaped the cuisine and the industry."...