Helly Raichura may just have the most notable laundry in the country.

The Indian-born chef and her Box Hill home gained popularity as the first location of Enter Via Laundry - an intimate degustation dining experience that saw diners enter Raichura's dining room via the laundry, which those who saw her as a guest judge on MasterChef will recall.

While she has now found a more traditional restaurant location in Carlton, Enter Via Laundry still keeps that secretive entrance - with the front door coming off an alley - and Raichura's signature take on Indian cuisine. Forget butter chicken, each new menu focuses on the food from different regions of India, which Raichura researches extensively.

And it's this same passion for food that led to her cookbook The Food of Bharat , which s

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