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Acharya Manish brings ayurvedic wisdom to MasterChef India stage
MUMBAI: MasterChef India is set to spotlight India’s growing influence in holistic wellness with a special episode titled Ayurveda Ka Mahotsav, featuring renowned ayurveda expert Acharya Manish. Blending tradition with modern culinary innovation, the episode reinforces the philosophy of food as medicine.
Acharya Manish was warmly introduced by chef Kunal Kapur as a leading face of Indian ayurveda, sharing his vision of taking ancient wellness practices into every household kitchen. The episode intensifies with the launch of a unique “organ mystery box” challenge, where contestant jodis are tasked with creating dishes aligned with ayurvedic principles.
Raising the stakes, chef Ranveer Brar announced that the lowest-performing dish in each challenge would be sent directly to the black apron round. The pressure sparked intense creativity as participants pushed boundaries to impress both the judges and the special guest.
Visibly moved by the innovation on display, Acharya Manish praised the contestants for elevating the value of ayurvedic food across the country, calling the initiative a meaningful step in bringing traditional wisdom to the mainstream.
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UK’s OnlyFans seeks US investor at $3bn valuation after owner’s death
The adult video platform is seeking stability after the death of its billionaire owner
LONDON: OnlyFans is looking for a new partner. The London-based adult video platform is in advanced talks to sell a minority stake of less than 20 per cent to Architect Capital, a San Francisco-based investment firm, in a deal that would value the business at more than $3bn (£2.2bn).
The move is driven by an urgent need for stability. Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-American billionaire who owned OnlyFans, died of cancer last month at the age of 43, leaving the future of one of Britain’s most profitable privately held businesses suddenly uncertain.
The choice of Architect Capital is not arbitrary. The firm has deep expertise in financial services, which aligns neatly with OnlyFans’ ambitions to offer banking products to its creators, many of whom have long struggled to access basic financial services because of the nature of their work.
The numbers behind OnlyFans are, by any measure, staggering. The platform posted revenues of $1.4bn in the year to 30th November 2024, with a pre-tax profit of $684m, up four per cent on the prior year. Payments to creators totalled $7.2bn over the same period, a rise of nearly ten per cent. Radvinsky personally collected $701m in dividends from the business in 2024 alone, on top of more than $1bn in such payments he had already received. The platform, run through its parent company Felix International, hosts 4.6m creator accounts, with performers keeping 80 per cent of subscription proceeds and the platform pocketing the remaining 20 per cent. It has 377m fan accounts in total.
The current minority stake talks represent a notable scaling back of ambitions. In January, OnlyFans was reported to be in discussions with Architect about selling a majority stake of 60 per cent. Before that, the company had explored a sale to a consortium led by Forest Road Company, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. Neither deal materialised.
OnlyFans has built an enormously lucrative business on content that mainstream finance has long refused to touch. Now, with its owner gone and a $3bn valuation on the table, it is looking for the kind of respectable institutional backing that might finally persuade the banks to take its calls.
