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 Color | Black |
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| Hair Color | Black |
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 Status | Married |
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| Marriage Date | 07/09/1973 |
Family
| Siblings | Brother - Anil Kshetrapal |
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| Spouse | Subhash Mehta (Former Project Manufacturing Engineer at Burroughs Corporation) |
| Children | Son - Anurag Mehta, Daughter - Bhavna Mehta |
Career
| Awards | She won the Best Asian Cookbook Award for 'Flavours of Indian Cooking' at the World Cookbook Fair in Paris (1999) |
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Favourites
| Food | Thai |
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Social Media
| Website | https://nitamehta.com |
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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. |