News Broadcasting
CNN’s Richard Quest cooks up a storm with celebrity chefs
Celebrity chefs Sanjeev Kapoor, Jamie Oliver and Wolfgang Puck are all on the menu when CNN’s Richard Quest serves up the latest edition of his acclaimed new series, set to air September 10 and 11.
Richard swaps the heat of the studio lights for that of the kitchen as QUEST looks at the world of celebrity chefs. After picking up tips from the greats, his final challenge is a hugely daunting one: to prepare the meal of his life for three top restaurant critics.
Travel with Richard across three continents, as he aims to transform his cooking skills by sharing the stove with some of the world’s most renowned chefs – TV stars whose flamboyant genius has made them international celebrities.
Kapoor enthuses about the glory of Indian food, Puck dissects his culinary empire, while Oliver seems immune to such stellar reward. All the chefs talk candidly about their philosophy and what it takes to be a celebrity chef.
In between the interviews, Richard endures a lightning apprenticeship as the personal assistant to Eric Chavot, head chef at the prestigious Capital Hotel in London’s Knightsbridge. On a sell-out Friday night, the pressure cooker atmosphere will be at its most intense, a perfect place to find out what it takes to survive in a two Michelin star kitchen.
When the talking stops, Richard’s journey ends as he prepares the meal of his life for three of London’s most reputable food critics, who swap top restaurants for a night at ‘Chez Quest’.
Raman Swain
Executive – Public Relations
Public Relations and Communications
Turner International India Pvt. Ltd.
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News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
