Biography — Smita Chandra

MEET SMITA

Smita Chandra is the best-selling author of 3 renowned Indian cookbooks. She is a culinary instructor, recipe developer, food and travel writer, and a frequent guest on television and radio shows.

Smita teaches popular Indian cooking classes that combine history, culture, and cuisine. She has taught Master Classes at George Brown College, Cornell University's School of Hotel Management, Centre for Food at Durham College, The Chefs' House, and many Toronto area cooking schools. She has also conducted corporate cooking classes for Kraft Canada, Nestle Canada, Loblaws and Maple Leaf Foods.

A well-known South Asian cooking expert, Smita has been a recipe developer for Kraft Canada, Nestle Canada, T-Fal, Real Canadian Superstores, Saveur, and Sofina Foods, Patak’s, Ontario Potato Board, Unilever, Heart and Stroke Foundation and The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization. She has been a brand ambassador for Philadelphia Cream Cheese Canada.

She is also a Food consultant helping identify industry trends, creating restaurant menus as well as course content for George Brown College. She has been a judge at the Toronto Curry Awards and The Millets Recipe Contest. She has made several popular cooking videos, including cooking commercials for television and appeared on several prominent TV and radio shows such as Christine Cushing, Anna Olson, The Mom Show, Kitchen Equipped, CTV’s Balance, Breakfast TV, Mary Ito’s More to Life, CBC Radio’s Fresh Air, World band media, and National Public Radio. She has done live cooking shows and on-stage demos for many events and shows such as The Royal Winter Fair, Good Food Festival and the Harbourfront Centre.

Smita has written articles for Ensemble magazine, Traveler’s Table, Bon Vivant, Vacations, Saveur, Toronto Star, Desi Life magazine and many other publications. Smita has also been a recipe tester for the Toronto Star, Toronto Star’s Food Extra supplement and Desi Life Magazine. Smita volunteers her time for The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization (www.trewo.org) and is the Event Chair for their Webinar Outreach Wing.

Smita’s talents go way beyond the kitchen. She has a degree in psychology, a Master’s degree in social work and a degree in communications. She has worked as a journalist in India, the US and Canada and has written over 100 by-lined articles.

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