When a man calling himself Gavin Ambani tried to make his mark on the London food scene, the story of a fraud hunt stretching from Hollywood to Indonesia followed in his wake
When a man calling himself Gavin Ambani contacted Pål Hansen out of the blue one day in 2018, the highly regarded portrait photographer wasn’t sure what to make of him. Hansen has built his reputation on photographing the likes of Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton and Sir Lewis Hamilton, as well as some of the world’s best known chefs for Observer Food Monthly. But Ambani, a loquacious character with a high-pitched voice, wanted him to do some work for his Instagram account.
“I said it doesn’t sound like something I’m interested in,” recalls Hansen.
He wanted adulation. He just wanted people to think that he was wonderful
It's weird. I don’t know what the end game was. He wasn’t well informed about food at all
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