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Vegan & Vegetarian Kitchen 

FREE Global Online Session 

Sunday 27th September

12 noon till 7 pm 

Varsha Mistry 

Host Introduction and Welcome 

Varsha Kumari Mistry has worked as a Forensic Practitioner with the Metropolitan Police Service in London for over 33 years.

She trained as a Fingerprint Expert. Her work involves examining homicide, serous crime scenes, vehicles and exhibits in a forensic laboratory for evidence recovery purposes. She presents forensic evidence in court.

She is also the current deputy chairperson for the Metropolitan Police Hindu Association, which involves voluntarily offering support to the membership, Met Police Service and communities of London. She is involved in welfare support of colleagues and promoting well-being. As a proud mother of three children, spirituality and well-being are very much at the heart of both her family and professional life for bringing out the best in all.

Sam and Bita Sethi

          Cook Healthy, Live Healthy 

Bita and Sam Sethi are long time residents of Bangkok, the beautiful city of smiles. They are a couple who passionately follow their interests in the fields of yoga, fashion design
and cooking.
Sam is a businessman who has combined his love for Thai art and culture, and flair for fashion design to create his own label Suwannee By Sam. He still finds time to pursue his love for cooking, with the presentation being as important to him as the preparation of the meal itself.
Bita is the Founder of the Prem Yoga and Ayurveda Center, She is a qualified Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic therapist and has passionately pursued her aim to provide others with the tools to live a healthy and holistic life and has conducted several Ayurveda and Vegan  cooking workshops Both of them have kept their creative juices flowing by creating innovative recipes in their vegan and vegetarian kitchen.

Website:  www.premyogprana.com

Host 

Varsha Mistry

Radhika Thakrar

Sweetcorn Chowder Demo with a Discussion on Nutrition and its Role in Optimal Health     

Radhika is a qualified Chef, having studied at Le Cordon Bleu, London in 2014. She went on to work in Michelin star restaurants, Private Members’ Clubs and on various events. 

Her love for nutrition and wellness came about when her chef work made her very ill and it was the importance she finally placed on her own nutrition and achieving balance that brought her back to health. She went onto qualify as an MNU Certified Nutritionist and is now in the process of establishing her own nutrition consultancy, combining it with her chef skills to essentially target health in a holistic manner. Given that the current nutrition landscape is very confusing, during COVID lockdown she started interactive Zoom classes focussing on myth busting and nutrition topics based around a particular dish she would prepare in that session and today’s session will follow in a similar manner!

Instagram: rads91

LinkedIn: Radhika Thakrar

 Host 

Varsha Mistry 

Turmeric Root 

Inspire – Excel – Amaze

 A Live sizzling Vegan & Vegetarian cooking demonstration

Turmeric Root is a premium brand experience by Caraway.

 Host 

Varsha Mistry 

Sunil Garg

 Smoothie Masterclass

 Sunil Garg, has a master in hospitality management and worked in various hotel where he became an expert in making mocktails and cocktails. Later he started his own healthy cafe called TAM inside the one of the biggest leisure centre in Slough Berkshire, The cafe became very popular because of the freshly squeezed juices and freshly blended smoothie and was nominated for innovative business of the year in 2016. Sunil started to work with a group called meet and mingle for women, which is a very big cancer support group in Slough. They received Queen Awards for volunteer service and were nominated for best of charity group award from Slough borough council 

 Host

Varsha Mistry 

Shireen Chada

Love your food, Love yourself

Shireen Chada produces and cooks for The Yum Yum Yogi YouTube channel. These 5-minute luscious plant powered cooking demos feature an eclectic mixture of vegan recipes. The spirit of The Yum Yum Yogi is to touch and fill the heart and stomach. The videos also feature a meditative thought because our understanding is that we are what (we think while making the food) we eat.  The Yum Yum Yogi is a toast to the infinite possibilities manifest in plant-based food.

Host 

Simran Ahuja 

Titled Ms India 2013, Simran is also a rising star in Bollywood with her recent debut movie ‘Zindagi Tumse’. An accomplished international Celebrity Anchor, Simran has been associated with the prestigious IIFA Awards, FILMFARE, OSCARS Academy, and many more A-list global events. She is also the recipient of India’s prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Anchor par excellence. Another compelling string to her bow is her talent in Folk Dance. Having won 18 consecutive Folk Dance titles in India and America Simran has also been India’s Cultural Ambassador of Folk Dance.

Nilesh Chavda

Vegan Butternut Squash & Beetroot Wellington – Perfect  Autumn Dish

Nilesh has developed his culinary skills at home and is very passionate about Vegan and Vegetarian cooking and highlighting the health benefits of a variety of ingredients.

Nilesh has transformed some family favourite dishes by adding his own healthy twist and converting them into modern fusion dishes, often offering vegan alternatives. He like using fresh seasonal ingredients.

Nilesh heads one of the cooking teams at the Oshwal Ekta Center and Shishikunj Bhavan, for their monthly family and elderly events.

During lockdown, he has successfully inspired many new and old cooks through his cook-along Zoom sessions.

Host

Simran Ahuja 

 Heena Modi 

 Vegan Living Made Easy

Host

Simran Ahuja 

 Dr. Mahesh Shah

 Nutriton, lifestyle and your gut Microbiome

Dr Mahesh Shah is a medical doctor in London and has also studied naturopathic nutrition at the College of Naturopathic Medicine. After settling down as a general practitioner, Dr Shah quickly realised the “revolving door” scenario with his patients, who would come back for the same or worsening issues despite prescription medications. Dissatisfied by this, he decided to find out if there was anything else that could be done, and soon found himself in the wonderful world of whole food plant based nutrition and naturopathy. He has helped people naturally and holistically with chronic conditions such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Dr Shah does many talks and events and has recently started up his own Nutritional Therapy service, The Green Doctor, to help inspire and empower people to great health and well being and a new lease of life.

 Website : www.thegreendoctor.uk

Host

Simran Ahuja 

               RG Enriquez-Diez              

      Vegan Filipino Cooking Demonstration

Born and raised in Bacoor Cavite, Philippines, RG Enriquez-Diez grew up helping her mother cook traditional Filipino food.  At 15 years old, RG and her family migrated to the San Francisco Bay Area. Years later, she took a nutrition class in college that eventually led her to going vegan. Being away from the Philippines and being vegan, RG has longed for the food of her homeland. With the help of her mother, she has veganized her favorite Filipino classics. RG formed the website, Astig Vegan, to show the world that Filipino food can be vegan, healthy, and delicious, without losing its soul. She shares her vegan discoveries and recipes on astigvegan.com, and her online cooking show, “Astig Vegan Cooking” on YouTube. 

THANK YOU 

Technical Director –  Nishit Kotak 

Media Team – Kesh Morjaria, Anita Nomula, Varsha Mistry 

Host Team – Varsha Mistry and Simran Ahuja.

Back Up Team –  Sarita Menon, Dr Lalit Sodha , Dr Milen Shah, Prash Kotecha, Mallesh Kota,  Jayshree Chaudhary, Bhavi Ram, Dr Sheila Dobee, Renu Gidoomal, Dr Nora S Vyas and Rajesh Kumar Singh. 

Facilitator Team – Clyd Masmela, Dina Aherne, Dr.Honey Kalaria, Rejta Menon, Jaymini Patel, Hasmita Solanki, Navin R Soni.

Channel Partners – Sunrise Radio UK, Hindu Forum of Europe, MentalHealth_Connect, Hindu Matters in Britain, Enrich TV, Diwali In London, Simran Ahuja Official, Sarita Sabharwal Offcial,             Inspiring Indian Women.

Special Thanks : Stretegic Web Success and www.inndus.co.uk

Host – Simran Ahuja 

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