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Chef Damu dies at 72: Sanjeev Kapoor, Thalapathy Vijay pay tribute to Cooku with Comali judge

Damodaran Kothandaraman, popularly known as Chef Damu, has died at the age of 72. The Padma Shri recipient, who became a familiar face on Tamil television as a judge on the cooking reality show Cooku with Comali, once set a Guinness World Record by preparing 617 dishes in a single cooking marathon. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor have paid tribute to him.