Gokani, who grew up in Mumbai, India, is an attorney, having graduated from the University of Cambridge and been in practice in London. But food and cooking have always been one of his passions (he worked in restaurants part-time for pleasure during his early years in practice), finally returning to India for a time to concentrate on cooking and the restaurant business. And after meeting and marrying Sunaina Sethi, a partner with her brothers in JKS Restaurants, which focuses on the flavors of Sri Lanka and south India, Gokani has turned his part-time devotion into a full-time career, with delicious results.