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Born | 12th January |
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Spouse(s) | Subhash Mehta |
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Cooking style | Indian |
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Website | nitamehta.com |
Nita Mehta is an Indian celebrity chef,[1] author,[2]restaurateur[3] and media personality, known for her cookbooks, cooking classes[4] and as a celebrity judge on cooking based television shows.[5]
Mehta has authored more than 400 cookbooks of which 6 million copies have been sold worldwide. In 1999, she won the Best Asian Cookbook Award for her book Flavours of Indian Cooking at the World Cookbook Fair in Paris.[6]
Career[edit]
Author[edit]
Mehta has been called a 'Cooking Expert' and 'Nutrition Expert' in the media.[7][8] She has authored more than 400 cookbooks of which 6 million copies have been sold worldwide. In 1999, she won the Best Asian Cookbook Award for her book Flavours of Indian Cooking at the World Cookbook Fair in Paris.[6] Other notable books include Indian Cooking With Olive Oil,[8]Vegetarian Chinese,[9]Zero Oil Cooking,[10]Diabetes Delicacies,[11]101 Recipes for Children,[12] and The Best of Chicken and Paneer.[13] Until recently, cookery shelves in Indian bookstores used to be the monopoly of Mehta along with fellow chef-cum-authors Sanjeev Kapoor and Tarla Dalal. In recent years they have started facing competition from regional authors.[1]
Entrepreneurship[edit]
Nita Mehta herself runs a culinary academy known as Nita Mehta Culinary Academy in New Delhi, started in 2001.[14] Apart from the original campus set up by Mehta, the academy runs on a franchise model.[15] Courses include those for fast food, traditional Indian meals, picnic packs, 'low-calorie snacks', salads, desserts, chocolates, confectionery as well as 'healthy heart' recipes.[4][16] In recent years, the academy has seen a rise in people wanting to learn international cuisines such as Burmese, Lebanese, Japanese and Singaporean according to Mehta.[17] Nita owns a publishing house, SNAB Publishers many of whose books are authored by Nita herself.[18]
In 2012, Mehta turned restaurateur with the launch of her restaurant Kelong at Sarabha Nagar in Ludhiana.[3]
Celebrity Appearances[edit]
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Several banks have chosen Nita Mehta's cooking classes among other events of interest to women to disseminate information related to personal finance, based on a Reserve Bank of India directive in 2004.[19]Panasonic organised an event in Coimbatore in 2004 where Nita Mehta was invited to share recipes for microwave cooking to promote the same.[20] In 2007, Kurkure, a brand of ready-to-eat snacks owned by Pepsico ran a recipe contest which was judged by Nita Mehta.[21] In 2010, Mehta was roped in by Hamdard Laboratories to create new mocktail and dessert recipes for Rooh Afza, their all season summer drink, which were used in a new marketing campaign.[22] Also in 2010, Step by Step a school in Panchsheel Colony, New Delhi consulted Mehta who provided a menu which was handed over to parents as a guide to food which should be packed for students going to the school.[23] Nita Mehta has judged several cooking contests, such as Mallika-e-Kitchen 2011 which culminated at JW Marriott in Chandigarh.[24] Later in 2011, Mehta appeared on the television cooking contest MasterChef India as a judge.[5]
Indian Cooking Soups
Awards[edit]
- Best Asian Cookbook Award for Flavours of Indian Cooking at the World Cookbook Fair in Paris (1999)[6]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Compilations of regional cuisines in English gaining popularity in Mumbai'. Daily News and Analysis. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^'Morsels of pleasure'. The Hindu. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ ab'Nita Mehta's multi-cuisine restaurant Kelong is going to open in Sarabha Nagar Ludhiana'. Ludhianadistrict.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ ab'Cooking up a delight'. Hindustan Times. 15 July 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ ab'Chef Saby and Nita Mehta on MasterChef'. Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ abc'Switch to olive oil for better health'. Times of India. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^'Cook and be done with it'. The Hindu. 15 July 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ ab'Switch to olive oil for better health: Cookery expert Nita Mehta'. Hindustan Times. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Sizzling sounds of India's second favourite food'. China Daily. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Healthy living'. Eastern Eye. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Fight lifestyle diseases with good food'. Times of India. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Morsels of pleasure'. The Hindu. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Chicken and paneer'. The Hindu. 10 February 2002. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Baking love – with truffles and tiramisu!'. Times of India. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=2942&sid=1'. Hospitalitybizindia.com.External link in
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(help) - ^'Of skills and skillets'. The Telegraph. 12 August 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Through the cooking class!'. Times of India. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'SNAB Publishers – India'. Nitamehta.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Financial Products: Wooing The Woman'. The Financial Express. 27 September 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Tikkas, truffle and tips'. The Hindu. 1 June 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Become celebrities overnight!'. The Hindu. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Hamdard gives century-old Rooh Afza a facelift'. Hindustan Times. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Course Meal'. Indian Express. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^'Kitchen Queen'. Indian Express. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.