Foodistan

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Foodistan
NDTV Good Times
Geo Entertainment
Release23 January 2012 (2012-01-23) –
21 March 2013 (2013-03-21)

Foodistan is a television

NDTV Good Times and Geo Entertainment. The show puts India and Pakistan's best chefs against each other in a competition. While their individual cuisines are similar,[2] there are differences between the two cuisines. The show aired 26 episodes. The finale was between Manish Mehrotra from India and Poppy Agha from Pakistan; Manish Mehrotra walked away with the title of Foodistan.[3]

Hosts

Contestants

The contestants represented both India and Pakistan and hailed from some renowned hotels groups.

India

Madhumita Mohanta, Nimish Bhatia, Mehraj Ul Haque, Karan Suri, Rajeev Arora, Sunil Chauhan, Manish Mehrotra, Girish Krishnan monika rajput

Pakistan

Amir Iqbal, Noor Khan, Poppy Agha, Akhtar Rehman, Muhammad Ikram, Mohammad Naeem, Mehmood Akhtar, Muhammad Saqib

Judges included the trio of Merrilees Parker from England, Sonia Jehan from Pakistan and Vir Sanghvi from India, along with some guest judges through the series.

See also

References

  1. ^ Pandey, Geeta (24 January 2012). "BBC News - Foodistan: India-Pakistan chefs fight for taste buds". BBC News. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. ^ - Wednesday (25 January 2012). "TV show Foodistan heats up India and Pakistan rivalry in the kitchen - The National". Thenational.ae. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Manish Mehrotra wins 'Foodistan'". 22 March 2012.