Quick Info

ProfessionChef
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth12/01/1952
Age74 years
BirthplaceDelhi

Latest News about Nita Mehta

2025

Nita Mehta served as a judge on Dinik Bhaskar's Super Chef 2025 competition in 2025, continuing her role as a prominent celebrity judge on cooking-based television shows. This appearance highlights her ongoing influence in India's culinary television landscape decades after her career began.

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Bio/Wiki

Nita Mehta is an Indian entrepreneur, cooking instructor, writer, publisher, restaurateur, recipe developer, and chef.
She is a distinguished celebrity chef known for her cookbooks, cooking classes, and as a celebrity judge on cooking-based television shows.
She has penned over 600 books, making her one of the most prolific cookbook authors in India.

Physical Stats & More

Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

Lady Irwin College (Food and Nutrition)

Personal Life

Nita Mehta started her cooking classes from her home kitchen in the 1980s, beginning with ice cream making classes.
She founded her first publishing house, SNAB Publishers, in 1994 after facing difficulties finding a publisher for her first cookbook 'Vegetarian Wonders' in 1992.

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date07/09/1973

Family

SiblingsBrother - Anil Kshetrapal
SpouseSubhash Mehta (Former Project Manufacturing Engineer at Burroughs Corporation)
ChildrenSon - Anurag Mehta, Daughter - Bhavna Mehta

Career

AwardsShe won the Best Asian Cookbook Award for 'Flavours of Indian Cooking' at the World Cookbook Fair in Paris (1999)
Milestones
  • Founded the Nita Mehta Culinary Academy in New Delhi in 2001
  • Opened restaurant 'Kelong' in Ludhiana in 2012
  • Opened restaurant 'Lemon Grass' offering Thai and Mexican food
  • Introduced her line of spices called Nita Mehta Spices
  • Launched Nita Mehta Foods in November 2017, offering boxes of fresh ready-to-cook ingredients

Favourites

FoodThai

Social Media

Websitehttps://nitamehta.com

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Nita's passion for cooking began in her teenage years.
2. She is the author of 400 cookbooks.
3. In 2001, Nita founded the Nita Mehta Culinary Academy in New Delhi.
4. Her restaurant 'Kelong' opened in Ludhiana in 2012.
5. Nita introduced her line of spices called Nita Mehta Spices.
6. She shares her recipes on a popular Youtube channel.
7. She has her own publishing house named SNAB Publishers.
8. She opened another restaurant 'Lemon Grass' offering Thai and Mexican food.
9. She judged on MasterChef India in 2011.
10. She hosted the television cooking show Mallika-e-Kitchen in 2011.
11. She is the author of over 600 cookbooks.
12. She was a judge on Dinik Bhaskar's Super Chef 2025 competition in 2025.
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