Vegan-Vegetarian Kitchen
FREE Global Online Session
Sunday 29th Jan 2023
U.S.A 9 am EDT
U.K 2 pm GMT
East Africa 5 pm
Mauritius 6 pm
India 7.30 pm
Hong Kong 10 pm
(All times are in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time))
Seema Bhatia
(Hong Kong/U.K)
2.00 pm
Introduction Host
Seema Bhatia
Seema was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. Her culinary interests developed at an early age founded on a family food business. Extensive travels in Africa, India and South East Asia have allowed her to follow her culinary passion and grow her knowledge on the effects of food on the mind and body. Using secret skills handed down from grandmother to granddaughter with the belief that you are what you eat she draws from the ancient practices of Ayurveda and Mayan wisdom, curating healing spice blends, immunity enhancing yogic teas, self care prescriptions and other wellbeing foods. Ones thought process and method breathing can positively or negatively impact ones mental and physical health. Seema is a qualified Breath, Water & Sound teacher with The Art of Living.
Her intertwine of diet, breath work, meditation and self care prescriptions nourish the mind, body and soul and put one on a journey of greater wellbeing allowing one to live their life to the fullest. Seema has successfully shared her skills and knowledge with corporates and individuals over many years in Hong Kong and Singapore and is now based in Oxford.
Seema is passionate about music and dance and she enjoys producing and hosting kitchen episodes.
Kiran Robinson
(Luxembourg)
2.00 pm
Kiran Robinson
HOST
Kiran Robinson born in India, with a career span of 30 years in the hospitality field, over 3 continents, started her journey in Hong Kong. Chef, Entrepreneur, Founded the niche brand ‘Tazah’. Food Futurist/Stylist, Concept Designing, Wedding Planning were all part of her commissions. Kiran was successful in receiving IFB Government Tenders.
Kiran was offered the role of Hospitality Food Services Operations, managing The Executive Dining, Catering, and Event Services in one of the top hospitals in The Bay Area. Serving 10,000 employees daily for 17 years. Kiran was instrumental in the planning of the opening of the new, state-of-the-art, hospital in Palo Alto.
Co-Founder of Malawi Children’s Mission, 2007- till present. Serving vulnerable children by providing Nutrition, Education, Healthcare and Life Skills.
Focused on community building Kiran works with chefs and women entrepreneurs. Her mission is to impart her experience in hospitality through writing, speaking, and coaching. Currently based in Luxembourg, she wrote her first book ‘Seva, The Art of Hospital’, which was launched in November 2021.
Learn more about Kiran at www.kiranrobinson.com
Alisha Jain
(India)
3.00 pm
Alisha Jain
Pumpkin and Rosemary Soup with Black Rice and Chickpeas
Alisha is a 24 year old Psychology masters graduate and is passionate about wellbeing both mentally and physically. She was born and brought up in Delhi, India and moved to the UK where she lived for 8 years and developed her passion for cooking.
Having moved back to India, she has dived into her roots by learning about the health benefits of using naturopathic and Ayurvedic teachings to keep herself healthy through clean and conscious eating. Incorporating plants, healing herbs, fasting and intuitive eating has helped her improve the quality of her life tremendously, and she shares her experiences not only through her social media page @plantbite_ , but also through her new project Windsong Wellness Retreat, a space where she has carefully curated wellness programmes targeted towards holistic living and sustainabile long term wellness.
After healing her autoimmune eczema through her gut cleansing eating and lifestyle habits, she encourages others to also live a life of mindfulness and believes that a life of quality is something everyone deserves to have.
Mala Naicker
(UK)
4.30 pm
Mala Naicker
Food Safety
Food Waste
Mala Naicker is a surplus food Champion, Ambassador, and Change Maker, who is also a great humanitarian, who helps people and children that do not have the basic means to live a decent life in society. She is a strong believer in justice and equality for all and loves to embrace nature. She has a deep yearning for spirituality to explore what’s beyond our being.
Mala has created a unique place for people to feel welcome and socially included in her community. She is a strong believer in sharing skills, knowledge, training, and development in a multigenerational society.
Mala has created a unique place for people to feel welcome and socially included in her community. She is a strong believer in sharing skills, knowledge, training, and development in a multigenerational society.
Host/Summary
THANK YOU
Technical Director – Nishit Kotak
Luxembourg Producer/Host – Kiran Robinson
Kitchen Episodes Producer/Host – Seema Bhatia
Production Director/Anchor – Dr Honey Kalaria
Health Episodes Producer/Host – Dr Rajeev Gupta
Mauritius Co-Ordinator/Host – Saivani Samboo
U.S.A Co-Ordinator/Host – Sharron Rose
Host Director – Simran Ahuja
Creative Director – Sarita Menon
Media Team – Kesh Morjaria
Host Team – Seema Bhatia and Kiran Robinson
Back Up Team – Dr Lalit Sodha, Dr Sheila Dobee, Dr Milen Shah, Dr Wai Ching Lee, Shivali Ruparelia, Ravi & Sushma Bhanot, Deepa Vithlani, Shivani Vithlani, Alisha Jain.
Facilitator Team – Various
Channel Partners – Hindu Forum of Europe, MentalHealth_Connect, Hindu Matters in Britain, Enrich, Sanskruti, Simran Ahuja Official, Diwali in London, Bhakti Sagar TV, Sarita Sabrawal Official and many more.
Special Thanks : Strategic Web Success and www.inndus.co.uk
