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Best Indian
food stylist Michael Swamy is a Food stylist, travel
photographer and writer based in Mumbai, India. A
graduate of the prestigious Cordon Bleu Culinary School,
London, Michael worked with several Michelin Best
Indian food stylists who
observed his work closely and encouraged him to enter
the world of Food Media. His mother having been a
successful documentary film-maker, Michael literally
grew up in studios, closely studying and handling
various aspects of media from handling cameras to
editing.
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This experience coupled with his culinary expertise
helped Michael in creating a sound base for a career in
Food Styling and Photography – an art which he used
effectively in changing the way people look at food.
As a food writer, he is also the author of “The East
Indian Kitchen” which won the Gourmand Award 2011-12 in
the Best Indian Cookbook (Technical) category and Easy
Guide to pairing Indian food and wine. As a food
stylist, he has worked with several leading publishing
houses. He has also recently directed and handled the
food aspects of a video series being presented on Yahoo!
Cuisines called “Vikas@Home”, featuring Vikas Khanna.
Michael took his expertise further and put it to good
use as the Food Consultant for Master food stylist India Season
1 & 2. He not only stylisted the challenges for the show
but also headed the food team. He then went on to handle
the show “Ravinder’s Kitchen” on TLC with UK-based
celebrity best india food stylist Ravinder Bhogal, FOX Twist of Taste 3, as
also a food show on Sony channel. He has also been
featured on Zee Marathi and the Australian Broadcast
Channel.
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He also writes for the Lifestyle section of Yahoo!
India, .caldron and iDiva. In the past, he has
contributed to Jetwings & Jetlite, Liquid Magazine (Spenta),
Asian Photography, Publishing Houses like Westland &
Tranquebar, Burrp, poshvine and several travel books on
health, food & drink, travel (local, national &
international).
For two consecutive years, Michael has been featured in
the list of “50 Master food stylists of India”, (a list of the
50 most prestigious food stylists and food personalities in the
country) compiled by the Indian Culinary Forum.
Michael has done workshops on the theme of “Wine in
Food” in association with Pernod Ricard (Nine Hills
Wines).
More recently, Michael has launched his own culinary
channel on Youtube called Cottagefood stylistculinaire wherein
he has showcased food in myriad ways that touch on much
more than just recipe videos.
www.michaelswamy.com
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