Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Design A Cuisine at Singapore Polytechnic, 16 January 2012

Design A Cuisine's Yogesh Arora was invited to give a lecture on the importance and benefits of healthy eating to food loving youths at Singapore Polytechnic on 16th January 2012. He touched on the correlation between food and our consciousness, etc.


It was an enlightening session for the young students who felt the need to make wiser food choices for better lifestyles.


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with Polytechnic students





Chef Yogesh at At-sunrice Global Chef Academy, Singapore (Dec 2011)

Apart from whipping up holistic cuisine, Design A Cuisine delights in sharing the knowledge on healthy cuisine with young chefs that they maybe empowered to make a healthier change for a better lifestyle.

As such, Chef Yogesh was invited to share with young, upcoming chefs At-sunrice Global Chef Academy in Singapore on the benefits of holistic cuisine and methods to whip up healthy Indian meals.

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3 Day Workshop on Holistic Living (5 - 7 Dec 2011)

Design A Cuisine aims to reach out to individuals with an interest in healing through holistic living. Thus, Chef Yogesh Arora was invited to share his expertise on healing cuisine during a 3 day workshop in December 2011 at Pierce Hill.


Chef Yogesh taught around 20 attendees on the basics of an Ayurvedic diet, healing through the use of fresh and spices and also touched on the vibrational frequency of various foods. He also proved to attendees the ease of whipping healthy, holistic meals at home through food demonstrations where he whipped up a range of chutneys that were ideal for digestion, cleansing salads and other holistic cuisine.


Attendees felt glad to be part of such an enlightening session and felt confident to apply what they had learnt in their own kitchens.


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Smiles all around

Design A Cuisine @ Asian Masters, Nov 2011

Asian Masters is an annual ritzy event with the aim to showcase only the creme de la creme of Asian cuisine! It's a month long festival held in Singapore, touted as Asia's food Mecca. The main highlights range from food tastings to masterclasses with renowned Asian chefs.


Design A Cuisine was invited to participate during Asian Masters in November 2011. Chef Yogesh conducted a masterclass presented by Naturel during which he taught an audience of around 30 to whip up two types of pasta dishes with a healthy, holistic punch through the use of spices and herbs. It was pasta like none other, and the aromas of the sauces wafting from the pots tantalized those present! Chef Yogesh also gave this traditional Italian dish an Indian flavor and used an array of Naturel products ranging from pastas to freshly bottled sauces.


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Using Naturel pasta



The rapt audience



Eat me!







Saturday, November 19, 2011

Design A Cuisine to appear on Angel’s Gate television show

Pitching to Angel Investors on Asia’s first ever reality television show for entrepreneurs, Design A Cuisine will present its concept an idea to an esteemed panel of judges.  These include Dr. Finian Tan (Chairman of Vickers Venture Fund), Mr. William Klippgen (Executive Director of BAF Spectrum), Mr. Sat Pal Khattar (Chairman of Khattar Holdings), Mr. Karan Singh Thakral (Managing Director of Thakral Group) and Mr. Patrick Grove (Founder of Catcha Group). Design A Cuisine is looking for investors to invest in its cause, and provide for necessary expansions and developments. Angel's Gate is an ideal platform to present this unique concept of healing, pleasing cuisine to a panel of esteemed judges.

For more info: http://angelsgate.com/design-a-cuisine

The show will air on Singaporean television in January 2011. Stay tuned!



Ananda, True Bliss: 3 day retreat at Peirce Hill

Design A Cuisine's Chef Yogesh Arora will be involved in an upcoming retreat during December 5 - 7, 2011.


Ananda, True Bliss is a 3 day retreat that's taking place in Peirce Hill, Singapore. Participants will get to enjoy poolside yoga and meditation sessions coupled with cooking demonstrations by award winning and holistic cuisine enthusiast, Chef Yogesh and some healing secrets from an experienced Ayurvedic specialist.


The retreat will be held at the organiser's residence, and priced at $550 (Usual Price: $900). Experience true bliss over an eventful three days where you can bask in meditation sessions and lavish in some tasty and wholesome food.


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Holistic Cuisine Food Demonstration for People's Association

Singaporean government association, People's Association help spread the good news about healthy cuisine during a food demonstration at West Coast Community Centre on Saturday, 12 November 2011.

Needless to say, Design A Cuisine was part of the event. Chef Yogesh was invited during the food demonstration to share a couple of holistic recipes and a few tips on a healthier lifestyle.

It was a lively session, chef Yogesh wowed those present by whipping a vegetable briyani and carrot halwa a la holistic style, proving that vegetarian, healthy cuisine was just as pleasing, if not more!

He spoke candidly about holistic cuisine and answered questions with much enthusiasm and gusto. Chef Yogesh's passion for holistic cuisine really came through, and inspired many individuals at the event.





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