Over a decade ago, chef-entrepreneur and CIA alumnus Nachiket Shetye launched Restaurant Week India (RWI), adapting a format popular in New York and other global cities for Indian diners. It filled a gap, making ambitious restaurants more accessible through fixed-price menus.

“Many people loved eating out but felt unsure about the city’s more ambitious restaurants because they didn’t know what to order or what the bill would be,” said Aatish Nath, a Mumbai -based food writer.

“In its decade-long run, it got a whole generation of Indian diners used to the prix-fixe format,” added Gauri Vij, former writer-editor. “Restaurants got new diners, often in quieter weeks, and many of those diners kept coming back.”

Nath and Vij, with restaurateur Chaitanya Rele, are the founders of The Dining Collective, which revived RWI earlier this year with Shetye mentoring them.…