Nita Mehta Explained

Nita Mehta
Spouse:Subhash Mehta
Style:Indian
Restaurants:Kelong
Awards:Best Asian Cookbook Award (1999)
Website:nitamehta.com

Nita Mehta is an Indian chef,[1] author,[2] restaurateur[3] and media personality, known for her cookbooks, cooking classes[4] and as a judge on cooking based television shows.[5]

Career

Author

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] Her other notable books include Indian Cooking With Olive Oil,[7] Vegetarian Chinese,[8] Zero Oil Cooking,[9] Diabetes Delicacies,[10] 101 Recipes for Children,[11] and The Best of Chicken and Paneer.[12]

Entrepreneurship

Mehta runs a culinary academy known as Nita Mehta Culinary Academy in New Delhi, started in 2001.[13] Apart from the original campus set up by Mehta, the academy runs on a franchise model.[14] 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] [15]

In 2012, Mehta turned restaurateur with the launch of her restaurant Kelong at Sarabha Nagar in Ludhiana.[3]

Celebrity appearances

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.[16] Panasonic organised an event in Coimbatore in 2004 where Nita Mehta was invited to share recipes for microwave cooking to promote the same.[17] In 2007, Kurkure, a brand of ready-to-eat snacks owned by PepsiCo ran a recipe contest which was judged by Nita Mehta.[18] In 2010, Mehta and Hamdard Laboratories created mocktail and dessert recipes for Rooh Afza which were used in a new marketing campaign.[19] 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.[20] Nita Mehta has judged several cooking contests, such as Mallika-e-Kitchen 2011 which culminated at JW Marriott in Chandigarh.[21] Later in 2011, Mehta appeared on the television cooking contest MasterChef India as a judge.[5]

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Compilations of regional cuisines in English gaining popularity in Mumbai. 7 August 2012. Daily News and Analysis. 19 March 2010.
  2. News: Morsels of pleasure. https://archive.today/20130125091305/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/09/18/stories/2010091852500600.htm. dead. 25 January 2013. 7 August 2012. The Hindu. 18 September 2010.
  3. Web site: Nita Mehta's multi-cuisine restaurant Kelong is going to open in Sarabha Nagar Ludhiana. Ludhianadistrict.com. 7 August 2012.
  4. News: Cooking up a delight. 13 August 2012. Hindustan Times. 15 July 2006.
  5. News: Chef Saby and Nita Mehta on MasterChef. https://web.archive.org/web/20111126084454/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/tv-guide/chef-saby-and-nita-mehta-masterchef-165. dead. 26 November 2011. 13 August 2012. Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2011.
  6. News: 7 June 2012. Switch to olive oil for better health. The Times of India. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120622010834/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-07/diet/30606774_1_pomace-leonardo-olive-oil-dalmia-continental. 22 June 2012. 7 August 2012.
  7. News: 8 January 2012 . Switch to olive oil for better health: Cookery expert Nita Mehta . . 13 August 2012.
  8. News: Sizzling sounds of India's second favourite food. 13 August 2012. China Daily. 21 November 2006.
  9. News: Healthy living. 13 August 2012. Eastern Eye. 16 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120814033340/http://www.easterneye.eu/. 14 August 2012. dead.
  10. News: Fight lifestyle diseases with good food. https://web.archive.org/web/20111130063124/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-28/diet/30130936_1_lifestyle-diseases-heart-diseases-heart-ailments. dead. 30 November 2011. 13 August 2012. The Times of India. 28 September 2011.
  11. News: Morsels of pleasure. 13 August 2012. The Hindu. 15 September 2010.
  12. News: Chicken and paneer. https://web.archive.org/web/20020428043312/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/02/10/stories/2002021000310800.htm. dead. 28 April 2002. 13 August 2012. The Hindu. 10 February 2002.
  13. News: Baking love – with truffles and tiramisu!. 13 August 2012. Times of India. 19 December 2011.
  14. Web site: Nita Mehta's Culinary Academy franchise officially launched in Gurgaon. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819235251/http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=2942&sid=1. 19 Aug 2014. Hospitalitybizindia.com.
  15. News: Of skills and skillets. https://web.archive.org/web/20140820052322/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060812/asp/weekend/story_6582159.asp. dead. 20 August 2014. 13 August 2012. The Telegraph. 12 August 2006.
  16. News: Financial Products: Wooing The Woman. 13 August 2012. The Financial Express. 27 September 2004.
  17. News: Tikkas, truffle and tips. https://web.archive.org/web/20120502115438/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/06/01/stories/2006060100360100.htm. dead. 2 May 2012. 13 August 2012. The Hindu. 1 June 2006.
  18. News: Become celebrities overnight!. https://web.archive.org/web/20071123190357/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/08/04/stories/2007080452330300.htm. dead. 23 November 2007. 13 August 2012. The Hindu. 4 August 2007.
  19. News: Hamdard gives century-old Rooh Afza a facelift. 13 August 2012. Hindustan Times. 28 June 2010.
  20. News: Course Meal. 13 August 2012. Indian Express. 17 February 2010.
  21. News: Kitchen Queen. 13 August 2012. Indian Express. 15 October 2011.

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