He was initially more interested in music than cooking and performed as a drummer in local rock bands before beginning his culinary career.
Anand later left the Taj Group to pursue a career catering in Kolkata and ran a home delivery service from Tollygunge area.
He later moved to Bangkok, where he began working at Red, a restaurant that specialized in contemporary Indian cuisine.
[2] From there he served as the first chef of Indian descent to intern with Ferran Adrià's research team at elBulli and also began working at various restaurants in Bangkok, a process that Anand stated was frustrating because the businesses "just didn't want anything different".
[8][9][10] Anand planned to close Gaggan in 2020 to start a 10-seat restaurant that opened only on weekends in Fukuoka, Japan.