(From left) Piyali Banerjee, director, finance; Avijit Majumdar, director, operations and Sunando Banerjee, founder and CEO. On being asked why a ‘spice-mixing ceremony?’ Sunando Banerjee said: ‘Most restaurants and hotels in Kolkata have a cake-mixing ceremony and I wondered as a biryani speciality restaurant what we could do. That’s when our team came up with this idea. It is celebrating the true culture of the city where the spirit of Christmas blends in with the flavours of biryani’