Celebrated Chef Michael Swamy
Chef Michael Swamy has been in the business of food media, for 3 decades and is a chef, food stylist, food writer and travel photographer based in Mumbai, India. A graduate of the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu, London, he, with his team, has conceptualized and handled major food shows on several GEC and international niche channels.
He has won numerous accolades in the culinary industry. As Chef Patron and creator of several restaurant brands, like Aamchee, Nueva in Delhi, Anglow in Delhi, City Pride and the bowl house in Pune to an Indo-Portuguese restaurant Eastern Sunset in Mumbai, where he has set a benchmark for global cuisines.
His work as Chef Consultant with brands like Pugdundee Safaris and the forest Menu to his work in the mountains of Uttarakhand with boutique resorts like Te Aroha, has created a niche market. In the retail space working with brands like Pesca Fresh, Circee Health and Plant based foods has made him relook at food in the health and sustainability sectors.
He has authored The Diabetic Cookbooks (Bloomsbury), The East Indian Kitchen (Westlanc), Masala Dabba and The Easy Guide to Pairing Indian Food With Wine (Om Books International) a series of 10 cookbooks for children. As an author and photographer he is a several time Gourmand Award winner for his work.
On setting up a series of food styling and photography workshops in India and abroad alongside working with a few leading hospitality universities WGSHA Manipal, Symbiosis Pune, where he teaches and sets up courses on food media along with his regular assignments.He has curated food festivals and workshops and done corporate books and seminars in Miami and in India working with brands like Isuzu Motors, Kelloggs, Bajaj, Hindustan Unilever and worked with consulates like Canada, Chile Peru, UK and USA to name a few.