New TV Channel for Food

I still have hangover of Curtis Stone.  Remember him?

Now i also got aroma of James Martin -if I got his name correctly? Since i am more focused on food-rather than the cook! However that was not the case when i saw Curtis?

James I found very innovative. The most intriguing thing to me was the location of his shoot. Is it a shop or a restaurant or a part of street? Or His hideout? When he cooks, many things at his back are visible through transparent glass. I can see the STREET on MOVE. People, cars even A HUGE TRUCK type of vehicle all moving in that street.

Second thing which i noticed was that SINGLE CIRCULAR WOODEN piece. On that everything is done, cutting, mixing etc. Without washing or cleaning with cloth or anything.  Which unlike in another program called Saturday kitchen, i noticed him and his assistants cleaning the table with piece of towel. Anyway His this HIDEOUT is very good, i think the space is optimally utilised. 

In one of his show we can see many famous persons of cookery shows, fighting or competing to make Omelets. The BIKERS were there too. Then there was another concept where they have invited people to tell their recipe and people of cook show try to cook those dishes as per recipe. That was also one of a good interactive program.

NOW in INDIA too we have a full fledged COOKery Channel. Named as KHANA KHAZANA
the nick name of the programme of ZEE hosted by Sanjeev Kapoor.
The TV channel is in developing stage. I hope it may churn out some good shows as well. Not just Imported ones like saturday kitchen etc. which i pre-suppose must have been outdated in the countries of their origin.
Let the TV channel People start a programme on regional food. Our India has greatest Diversity in World.
Even from imitating OPrah Winfrey to the most original food in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya or the most STRONG Chilli of the world in Assam- nick named as Bhoot Jholakia. Lemon rice to the Mughlai Biryani.
New Channel has to grow further. In a country where with every kilometre langauge/dialect changes I am sure even fooding habits also change. Here we have FAMILY Traditions of FOOD. Many families have food traditions followed since centuries and passed on by generations to generations.
Not many celebrate the NAVROJ festival and only few families know the secret tradition of cooking food on NAVROJ. Similarly, regional things are also there. The TV channel can think of preserving the Diversity of food. I think Channel may be having shortage of Funding or sponsorship. Do we have large companies involved in commodities to sponsor these food shows. I doubt?
There is a flood of Food programs cookery shows and TV Channels. KhanaKhazana #FOODFood #LIVINGFoodz etc. Travels shows on BBC and Discovery also featured some cookery or food related shows.
Later TLC started airing various programs on Food. Some 30 years back one or two programs were shown on Doordarshan, that was only TV channel we had. After 1982 National Program of Doordarshan started beaming throughout India. Thanx to ISRO scientists.
I liked few shows on TLC and Discovery channels. most memorable must be the Nigella Lawson,



obviously has to be due to the beautifull Host?

Earlier there was Smt Madhur Jaffery whose indian cooking shows on BBC were most awaited by me.

Later her programs on Indian cooking shot in Indian locations such as goa, Kolkata, Mumbai or Delhi etc were very good. Most exciting was her show on cooking at Wagah Border at Indo Pak Border.

Then there was one program where she talked to many Indian origin ladies settled in Britain but they started cooking delicious food and made it as their occupation or livehood option. As back home they knew this cooking and not any other skills?

Khana Khazana and shows of Sanjeev Kapoor were famous on Zee TV and also the blue version of Star Plus.