Nita Mehta is an Indian chef, author,

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and media personality, known for her cookbooks, cooking classes and as a judge on cooking based television shows.

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. Her other notable books include ''Indian Cooking With Olive Oil'', ''Vegetarian Chinese'', ''Zero Oil Cooking'', ''Diabetes Delicacies'', ''101 Recipes for Children'', and ''The Best of Chicken and Paneer''.

Entrepreneurship

Mehta runs a culinary academy known as ''Nita Mehta Culinary Academy'' in New Delhi, started in 2001. Apart from the original campus set up by Mehta, the academy runs on a franchise model. Courses include those for fast food, traditional Indian meals, picnic packs, "low-calorie snacks",

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s, desserts, chocolates, confectionery as well as "healthy heart" recipes. In 2012, Mehta turned

with the launch of her restaurant ''Kelong'' at Sarabha Nagar in

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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

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directive in 2004.

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organised an event in

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in 2004 where Nita Mehta was invited to share recipes for

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to promote the same. In 2007,

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, a brand of ready-to-eat snacks owned by

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ran a recipe contest which was judged by Nita Mehta. In 2010, Mehta and Hamdard Laboratories created

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and dessert recipes for

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which were used in a new marketing campaign. 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. Nita Mehta has judged several cooking contests, such as ''Mallika-e-Kitchen 2011'' which culminated at

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in Chandigarh. Later in 2011, Mehta appeared on the television cooking contest

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as a judge.

Awards

* ''Best Asian Cookbook Award'' for ''Flavours of Indian Cooking'' at the ''World Cookbook Fair'' in Paris (1999)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Nita Living people Indian cookbook writers Indian chefs Chefs of Indian cuisine Women cookbook writers Year of birth missing (living people)