Nita Mehta

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Nita Mehta
SpouseSubhash Mehta
Culinary career
Cooking styleIndian
Current restaurant(s)
  • Kelong
Award(s) won
  • Best Asian Cookbook Award (1999)
Websitenitamehta.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[

better source needed] 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.

better source needed] 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

JW Marriott in Chandigarh.[21] Later in 2011, Mehta appeared on the television cooking contest MasterChef India as a judge.[5]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Compilations of regional cuisines in English gaining popularity in Mumbai". Daily News and Analysis. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Morsels of pleasure". The Hindu. 18 September 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Nita Mehta's multi-cuisine restaurant Kelong is going to open in Sarabha Nagar Ludhiana". Ludhianadistrict.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Cooking up a delight". Hindustan Times. 15 July 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Chef Saby and Nita Mehta on MasterChef". Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Switch to olive oil for better health". The Times of India. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Switch to olive oil for better health: Cookery expert Nita Mehta". Hindustan Times. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Sizzling sounds of India's second favourite food". China Daily. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Healthy living". Eastern Eye. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  10. ^ "Fight lifestyle diseases with good food". The Times of India. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Morsels of pleasure". The Hindu. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Chicken and paneer". The Hindu. 10 February 2002. Archived from the original on 28 April 2002. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  13. Times of India
    . 19 December 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Nita Mehta's Culinary Academy franchise officially launched in Gurgaon". Hospitalitybizindia.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
  15. The Telegraph. 12 August 2006. Archived from the original
    on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Financial Products: Wooing The Woman". The Financial Express. 27 September 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Tikkas, truffle and tips". The Hindu. 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  18. ^ "Become celebrities overnight!". The Hindu. 4 August 2007. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  19. ^ "Hamdard gives century-old Rooh Afza a facelift". Hindustan Times. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  20. Indian Express
    . 17 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  21. Indian Express
    . 15 October 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

External links

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