Nikunj Vasoya, raised in a poor farming household in Gujarat, turned his ardour for cooking right into a profitable profession by making a YouTube channel ‘Loopy for Indian Meals’ that includes genuine Kathiyawadi delicacies.
“What I understood rising up in a poor family was that regardless of an individual being wealthy or poor, what retains everybody blissful is nice meals,” says Nikunj Vasoya.
With this thought deeply entrenched, the 35-year-old developed a deep affinity for cooking and meals. Rising up in a cotton farmer’s household in Khijadiya village of Jamnagar district in Gujarat, day-after-day was a battle.
On the finish of a tough day’s work on the farm, when Nikunj’s mom would put together meals, the younger boy would assist her. What began with cooking meals for his household 20 years in the past has blossomed right into a thriving profession right now.
Whereas pursuing Firm Secretaryship in 2013, he discovered that his coronary heart was in cooking and dropped out of the course.
“Proper from childhood, I at all times had this dream of working my cookery present. When, how and the place; I had no clue about go about it. Then it struck me, beginning my channel on YouTube can be an awesome thought,” says Nikunj.
He began by cooking genuine Kathiyawadi dishes utilizing recent and native substances from the farm. What attracts viewers is the truth that he takes us by means of the method of sourcing the substances and cooks them on the farm itself.
His channel ‘Loopy For Indian Meals’ has over 5.9 lakh subscribers, with the most well-liked video having a whopping 9.1 million views! In addition to cooking meals, he additionally opinions widespread road meals joints and eating places.
Beginning with one channel in 2013, he has expanded to working a community known as Foodon TV, which runs six channels and 4 web sites in six languages.
Whereas he rose to fame, he additionally battled with private issues as he acquired divorced. Nevertheless, not one to lose hope, he targeted on his profession and located love once more in 2021.
His genuine Kathiyawadi meals discovered followers within the Ambanis too, who invited him to cook dinner at their New Yr’s dinner, catapulting him to fame! He additionally cooked for Anant Ambani and Radhika Service provider’s pre-wedding ceremony in Vantara and marriage ceremony in Mumbai.
The dishes included Jamnagari Sev, Mamra Lili Chutney, Desi Sev Tamera Shaak, and Bajra Rotla and extra.
“By no means quit, dream large, work on it, and it’ll occur,” says Nikunj.
Edited by Padmashree Pande
