Twenty-one-year-old Nikita Gandhi – the youngest to win the reality series Master Chef India so far – was crowned India’s top vegetarian chef on the popular show, after 11 weeks and 67 episodes of kitchen drama. She scooped the winner’s golden chef coat and 10 million rupees (Dh590,000) on Sunday, April 12.
Gandhi was born and raised in Abu Dhabi – her parents live in Khalidiya – before attending college in the United States. She flew to Mumbai five months ago to compete in Masterchef India 4.
How are you feeling?
Extremely excited. I had barely any sleep last night. I kept waking up because I was still living in a dream! I was like ‘is this actually real?’
Did you see the win coming?
No, I was not expecting to win – certainly not when I first came onto the show. But as the weeks went by, I kept getting good feedback and getting further in, and then we came to the final week. There were three of us at that point, so I thought ‘OK, now I’m in the top three, there is a chance that I can win this’.
Were you worried at any point that people might not be so willing to vote for someone who doesn’t live in India?
Yes, that was one thing that was worrying me a little bit. I thought people might not be interested in voting for me because although I’m Indian, I’ve never lived in India before. I thought maybe they would want the next Masterchef to be someone living in India. But that wasn’t the case at all.
All through the Masterchef journey, all the contestants had a huge fan following. A lot of people just loved watching us on TV. All throughout, I felt I was getting a lot of love and support from India and it all shone through yesterday.
Original article by Jessica Hill
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Masterchef India winner Nikita Gandhi: ‘Living in Abu Dhabi has had a big influence on my cooking’
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