When Toko Tatung started E&K's Restaurant in Arunachal Pradesh, a state in India's northeast, in 2007, he had no idea he'd be rewarded with an international award for his hard work.
"It is sheer sheer hard work, sincerity, and passion that today the E&K's became a household name," he tells the Times of India.
E&K's is now one of the country's top chains, with outlets in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore, reports the BBC.
Tatung, who grew up in a government school, says one of the reasons he launched E&K's was to provide job opportunities to the local youths in the state.
"We feel we have just begun," he says.
"The desire to create an ecosystem of entrepreneurs for self-sustenance and job creation, and to bring finesse and innovation in the food and hospitality sector in our state, further, to have our footprint in the national capital is fuelling our appetite."
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