Foodistan
''Foodistan'' is a television cooking game show. It is produced by BIG Synergy for NDTV Good Times and Geo Entertainment. The show puts India and Pakistan's best chefs against each other in a competition. While their individual cuisines are similar, there are differences between the two cuisines. The show aired 26 episodes. The finale was between Manish Mehrotra from India and Poppy Agha from Pakistan; Manish Mehrotra walked away with the title of Foodistan. Hosts * Alyy Khan * Ira Dubey Contestants The contestants represented both India and Pakistan and hailed from some renowned hotels groups. India Madhumita Mohanta, Nimish Bhatia, Mehraj Ul Haque, Karan Suri, Rajeev Arora, Sunil Chauhan, Manish Mehrotra, Girish Krishnan monika rajput Pakistan Amir Iqbal, Noor Khan, Poppy Agha, Akhtar Rehman, Muhammad Ikram, Mohammad Naeem, Mehmood Akhtar, Muhammad Saqib Judges included the trio of Merrilees Parker from England, Sonia Jehan from Pakistan and Veer Sanghvi from India, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alyy Khan
Alyy Khan (or Aly Khan, ur, ; born 6 December 1968) is a British-Asian actor and host who has worked in Hollywood, Bollywood and Lollywood films and television series. He is known for his roles in the films ''A Mighty Heart'' (2007), ''Traitor'' (2008), '' Don 2'' (2011), '' 3 Bahadur'' (2015), ''Actor in Law'' (2016) and ''Mogul Mowgli'' (2020), and also played a parallel lead in the telefilm '' Anjuman'' (2013). Khan has also appeared in several television series, including ''The Bill'' (2006), '' Strike Back'' (2011), ''Saat Pardon Mein'' (2012), ''Indian Summers'' (2015) and ''Pakeezah'' (2016). In 2012, Khan hosted the television reality show ''Foodistan'' for NDTV and Geo TV Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October 2 .... Recent credits include ''The Serpent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manish Mehrotra
{{Infobox chef , name = Manish Mehrotra , image = Manish Mehrotra, Culinary Director, Indian Accent Restaurants.jpg , birth_date = {{Birth date and age, df=yes, 1974, 1, 20{{cite web, author=, url=http://www.indianfoodfreak.com/2013/02/chef-manish-mehrotra/ , title=Chef Manish Mehrotra an Introduction and Interview , publisher=Indianfoodfreak.com , date=2013-02-16 , accessdate=2013-11-02 , birth_place = Patna, India , death_date = , death_place = , occupation = Chef , spouse = , style = Indian cuisine , education = Diploma in Hotel Management , ratings = , restaurants = , prevrests = , television = , awards = , website chefmanishmehrotra.com Manish Mehrotra, Corporate Chef, Indian Accent New Delhi, New York. Indian Accent offers an inventive approach to Indian cuisine. Its path breaking menu has been designed by Chef Manish Mehrotra. He reinterprets nostalgic Indian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Merrilees Parker
Merrilees Claire Parker (born 11 August 1971 in Westminster, London) is a British celebrity chef and television presenter. She is mainly known for presenting television programmes combining food and travel (''Planet Food'' and ''Full on Food'') as well as various more traditional cookery programmes. Parker is also renowned for the menu she presented working for the pub ''The Lansdowne'' in Primrose Hill in London. Many of her recipes are freely available online. Early life Parker was already passionate about cooking as a young girl, at which time she helped her grandmother, who is half-Portuguese, in the kitchen. She lives in the United Kingdom and speaks French fluently. She is married with two children, a girl and a boy. Parker has developed several career paths in parallel, mainly involving cooking. Television presenter In 1996, she began her career in television as a researcher on the BBC cookery programme ''Ready Steady Cook''. She also researched for Channel 4. She be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vir Sanghvi
Vir Sanghvi (born 5 July 1956) is an Indian print and television journalist, author, columnist and talk show host. He has been a member of many professional, academic and government bodies including the National Integration Council. Currently, he is a member of the Broadcast Content Complaint Council (BCCC), a body that regulates content on entertainment TV channels and Co-Founder/Lead Food Critic at EazyDiner. Early life and education Vir Sanghvi was born to Ramesh and Vimoo Sanghvi on July 9, 1956 in London. His father was a former-communist barrister turned businessman who hailed from a middle class family in Rajkot while his mother was an industrial psychologist who hailed from a wealthy textile-mill owning family from Ahmedabad comparable to the Sarabhais. Vir Sanghvi is an Indian editor and also a television personality. He is a Gujarati Jain. Currently, he is editorial director of the ''Hindustan Times''. Sanghvi was brought up in Bombay (now Mumbai) and London and educ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sonya Jehan
Sonya Rizvi ( ur, ; born 24 April 1980), better known by her stage name Sonya Jehan, is a Pakistani film actress who predominantly works in Urdu and Hindi-language films. She is the granddaughter of legendary singer Noor Jehan and filmmaker Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. Jehan is known for portraying supporting roles in several critically acclaimed films, including the drama ''My Name Is Khan'' (2010), the English-language political thriller ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' (2012) and the coming-of-age musical drama ''Ho Mann Jahaan'' (2015). Her role in the last of these earned her a Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. In addition to acting in films, she has judged a cooking show and is the owner of Karachi's French restaurant, Cafe Flo. Life and career Jehan was born on 24 April 1980 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Her father, Akbar Hussain Rizvi, is a Karachi-based businessman, and her mother, Florence Rizvi is a French national. Her original name is Sonya Rizvi b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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NDTV Good Times
''Goodtimes'' is the flagship channel of Lifestyle & Media Broadcasting Ltd. It was launched in September 2007. Rebranding Goodtimes underwent a makeover in November 2013 to redefine the lifestyle entertainment category codes once again. From being India's oldest lifestyle channel, it became its youngest with programming that is impulsive, interactive and with an attitude that resonates with the youth. The new logo, icons, indents and a vibrant and dynamic colour palette are a testament to the channel's continuing evolution as India’s premier lifestyle entertainment destination. Awards Goodtimes has won several programming awards at the Indian Television Academy Awards, Indian Telly Awards and World Media Festival for key shows and interstitials like ''Highway On My Plate'', ''Band Baajaa Bride with Sabyasachi'', ''No Big Deal'' and ''Making of the Kingfisher Calendar''. In 2015, Goodtimes won topmost honours at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, one of the most prestigio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MasterChef Pakistan
''MasterChef Pakistan'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani competitive cooking reality television game show based on the hit international format ''MasterChef''. It was produced by Paragon Productions, an in-house production arm of Urdu 1 (the broadcasting channel), under licence from Shine Group. Restaurateur and Chef Khurram Awan, Chef Zakir Qureshi, and Chef Mehboob Khan served as the show's main judges and presenters. The launch event for the series was held at Khursheed Mahal, Avari Towers Karachi on 7 April 2014. During the event, the curtain was raised and revealed the judges of the first series, Chef and Executive Asst. Manager Khurram Awan of Movenpick Hotels Karachi, celebrity Chef Zakir Qureshi, and Chef Mehboob Khan were revealed to be judging the contestants on a variety of cuisines which will be prepared by them on the show. The event was hosted by food enthusiast Sidra Iqbal. Peter Heyword, the high commissioner of Australia, was invited as a guest of honor for the inau ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cooking
Cooking, cookery, or culinary arts is the art, science and craft of using heat to Outline of food preparation, prepare food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting local conditions. Types of cooking also depend on the skill levels and training of the Cook (profession), cooks. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments. Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. Archeological evidence of cooking fires from at least 300,000 years ago exists, but some estimate that humans started cooking up to 2 million years ago. The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients. New inventions and technologies, such as the invention of pottery for holding ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Indian Reality Television Series
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Indian Game Shows
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India–Pakistan Relations
India–Pakistan relations are the bilateral ties between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The two countries have a complex and largely hostile relationship that is rooted in a multitude of historical and political events, most notably the partition of British India in August 1947; the India–Pakistan border is one of the most militarised international boundaries in the world. Northern India and most of modern-day Pakistan overlap with each other in terms of their common Indo-Aryan demographic, natively speaking a variety of Indo-Aryan languages (mainly Punjabi, Sindhi, and Hindi–Urdu). Two years after World War II, the United Kingdom formally dissolved British India, dividing it into two new sovereign nations: the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The partitioning of the former British colony resulted in the displacement of up to 15 million people, with the death toll estimated to have reached between several hundred thousand and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MasterChef India
''MasterChef India'' is an Indian competitive cooking game show franchise based on the Australian show ''MasterChef Australia'', which itself is based on the original British ''MasterChef''. MasterChef India Season 1-4 and Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad was produced by Colosceum Media. Endemol Shine India has been producing MasterChef India Season 5 onwards through Star India and Sun TV Network with Innovative Film Academy co-producing it for South Indian regional versions. It was originally started in Hindi language and has been extended to three languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent, including Tamil and Telugu. The Hindi version is available on Disney+ Hotstar while Tamil and Telugu are available on Sun NXT. Overview There are three versions in production. It was first made in Hindi-language in 2010. In 2010, Star India got the rights for producing ''MasterChef India'' in Hindi. In early-2021, Endemol Shine India decided to expand the show in other Indian language ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |