Events
Food festivals, live music and notes from the kitchen.
[Events at Saffron]
Evenings Worth Booking Ahead
Regional food festivals, live music over dinner and cooking classes with our chefs, every month.
- to [MAR]14–16Fri–Sun
Coastal Kitchens Food Festival
12:00 – 23:00Saffron, main dining room
Three days of fish curries, appams and stews from the western and southern coasts, cooked by our visiting chefs.
- [MAR]21Fri
Live Ghazals Over Dinner
19:30 – 22:30Saffron, the courtyard
A quiet evening of ghazals with a three-course dinner, served at candle-lit tables under the open sky.
- [APR]5Sat
Biryani Cooking Class
11:00 – 14:00Saffron, the open kitchen
Learn to layer and seal a dum biryani with our head chef, then sit down and share the pot you made.
New dates are on their way. Check back soon.
[From the kitchen]
Recipes, Kitchen Stories and Festive Menus From the Saffron Family
What our cooks are grinding, simmering and planning this month, written down by the people who make it.
[12 Oct 2026]
Kitchen · 4 min readWhy our green chutney is ground fresh every morning
Coriander, mint and green chilli lose their colour by evening, so the first job in our kitchen each day is a fresh batch, ground by hand, before the lunch service opens.
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[28 Sep 2026]
Recipes · 6 min readThe slow butter masala behind our most ordered curry
Tomatoes cooked down for two hours, cashew paste and a spoon of honey: how our head chef builds the rich gravy that guests ask us about the most.
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[15 Sep 2026]
Catering · 5 min readHow we keep a wedding buffet hot for three hours
Water pans, small refills from the kitchen and a cook at the counter: the simple routine behind every hot plate we serve at weddings and family functions.
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New Dishes and Festive Menus, First
Join the list for our seasonal menus, chef’s table evenings and early booking for the festive dinners.