Komal Taneja was born in Amritsar (Punjab, India). She has graduated as a Delhi Univ. Topper in Bsc. Botany Hons and is a registered Pharmacist, but her real passion lies in playing with unconventional combinations of ingredients to innovate & create exquisite recipes in her books and articles & her vibrant personality has created large following of admirers who frequently visit her website www.komalskitchen.com. She is a well known, innovative and outstanding culinary author with 31 cookery hand books and 3 coffee table books-- “Recipes for the Kamasutra” , “365 Days of Diet with Honey by Dabur Honey” and “ Big Bee’s Secret Honey Recipes” behind her and many more to come, today Komal Taneja is a well known name in the field of food & health. She is now the Brand Cookery Expert for Channel Amar Ujala.com. She has recently done Healthy Recipes for “Dalmia Continental “using Canola Oil for a booklet(GOOD MOOD FOOD) & alsobooklets as brand building for Dabur are “Honeylicious Recipes on Regional Indian Cuisine and “Honeylicious Recipes on International Cuisine”
 
 She has appeared on the show “Kuch kitchen Se” on Sahara Samay Rashtriya TV (80 episodes), Open line Cookery Question Hour on Sahara NCR TV, “Fit Rahe India” on NDTV (10 episodes), “Healthy breakfast Power Diet” on Z business, India TV& many more. She has also written an article on “The culinary Tour of India which is a part of her website and this has been conceptualized to give the international tourists visiting India an insight to Indian culture, traditions, culinary experience and Indian home cooked food. She is conducting personalized culinary classes for foreign tourists visiting India, which is a memorable experience for them and also promotes Indian Cuisine at global level. She is also acting as a consultant for some food joints in planning the menu, training the staff and other details. Her latest project is aTake-Away Mexican food Joint- TROPOZ at Batra Glitz Mall where the whole concept of Menu planning and Training for the staff has been done by her.
 
 Her articles & recipe collections have been published in several English & Hindi National magazines and newspapers, namely- Femina, Savycook book, HT Brunch, HT city, 4D Woman, Grehlakshmi, Meri Sangini, Grehshoba, HT Estate, Hindustan(hindi), Good Housekeeping, Amar Ujala, Fotolook Tourism, Incredible(PQRS INDIA) & many more. She has been writing two columns since 2 years for the Grehlakshmi magazine- namely Kachi-Pakki-Rasoi and recipes related to Food, Health & Nutrition. She has also given Cooking Demos at Hotel Ashoka for Rotary Club Ladies, Hotel Marriott & Hotel Radisson for Grehlakshmi Kitty Party Club, A Talk Show on Dabur Honey & Demo with Honey Recipes at Hotel Grand for the Good Housekeeping Show. She has been also invited as a celebrity judge for “Miss Poly” 2006 & also Miss Poly 2008 for International Polytechnic for Woman. She has also been as a judge for Kitchen Queen Contest & also as the cookery expert for Radio Meow FM many times. She has also been invited to Judge the LG Cookery Queen Contest at Lee Meridian Hotel.
She dreams of establishing a Culinary Academy some day where people will discover the same delight, ease and excitement that Komal brings to her chosen field.

Her recent accolades are the BOOK LAUNCH & PRESS RELEASE of her book 365 Days of Diet with Dabur Honey by the one & only Amitabh Bachchan at a glittering function in Mumbai at Taj Land ends in July 2008; her 2nd Coffee Table Book with Dabur Honey- Big Bee’s Secret Honey recipes was Launched By none other than Mr. Amitabh Bachchan in Mumbai at J.W Marriot in Oct 2009.
    The icing on cake is that her book” BIG BEE’S SECRET HONEY RECIPES “ has been nominated in 3 categories --- “Best Cookbook Cover”, Best Desserts Book & Best Corporate  Book from India for the “GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS to be held in Paris competing with 135 countries.

KOMAL’S KITCHEN AFFAIRS
 komal.taneja@gmail.com; phone- Mob - 9818228807,
Landlines - 011 41627141, 011 26830186