It was with baited breaths that the participants took their first timid steps into the grand Super Chef kitchen. As if in a trance, they looked around, taking it all in; it wasn't just the sight of the grandest arena they had ever seen but also the fact they had finally made it till here. Of the thousands who undertook the trail, only the 18 now remained. Glory was no longer a faint whisper of a promise. It was a reverberating cry for war. The games had begun.

As an overseas reader of TDS, I am puzzled by the controversy that has been created over the admission of an error of editorial judgement made more than half a decade ago by Mr. Mahfuz Anam.

Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef 2015 airs tonight with a brand new challenge for the participants to conquer and the viewers to enjoy.