We recently met with Masterchef finalist Daksha Mistry to learn all about about her boutique catering company.
Hailing from the western Indian state of Gujarat, brought up in Uganda and moving to Britain during her teens, Daksha’s life has made her uniquely placed to merge the culinary heritage of India with global cuisines, creating a signature brand of inimitable food.
Daksha is very passionate culinary entrepreneur, she took her first steps in making her passion her career when she took part in BBC’s Masterchef, where she emerged as a finalist and came second.
Daksha Mistry, had a pipe dream to develop a boutique catering company in the busy food hub of London. In 2007 that dream became reality in the form of Dakshas Gourmet Catering.
Daksha and her team provide a sought after range of services that include fine dining for weddings and corporate events at some of the UK’s most opulent venues. They run cookery classes for enthusiasts around the country and their home dining services are lauded as amongst the finest in the UK.
Daksha herself has been extensively featured in the British food media . She offers other business a range of consultancy services, including recipe and menu development and training chefs in newly launched or established restaurants.
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Wedding catering is often overshadowed by all those clothes, jewellery and venue decisions but pragmatically speaking it is the one aspect of weddings that wedding guests are likely to savour and remember the most.
Daksha Mistry, a finalist and runner up from the prestigious culinary television program, BBC’s Masterchef has been taking her wedding catering business from strength to strength over the last five years and has created mouth-watering dishes in the kitchens of some of the country’s most sought after wedding venues.
She recently rebranded her business underpinned by her concept of “Global Gourmet”, taking classic dishes from every cuisine imaginable around the globe and reinventing them with her own contemporary take on them, impeccably presented and always delicious. Daksha’s talent lies in her ability to remain faithful to age-old flavours or effortlessly combine cuisines together to create unique menus for intercultural weddings.
Whether brides are after quirky breakfast canapés or a four-course luxury dinner, whether their taste is innovative, classic, contemporary or fusion, Daksha and her team can deliver with style and panache all over the UK. In an industry where churned out dishes and set menus can be the norm, Daksha prides herself on her bespoke approach to wedding catering, where each menu is a reflection of the couple’s personality, style and cultural backgrounds.
Her latest endeavour is the launch of an exciting home dining or at your favourite place
Having your own private chef to create a bespoke menu and serve it up at your home, restaurant or hotel suite is the real deal.
And if that wasn’t exciting enough, brides may want to find out more about Dakshas fun filled and inventive cooking class hen nights; a riot of colour, mouth-watering food and laughter, where Daksha’s fun sense of humour is as evident as her culinary talents.
We like to exceed our client’s expectations and always relish being driven by the uniqueness of each event, to push the boundaries and expand on our culinary repertoire. Our testimonials speak for themselves! Do visit our website dakshas.co.uk to get a flavour of our unique catering serviced. We would love to meet you to discuss your vision for your big day, help out with some advice and offer you a food tasting.
What a great pleasure to meet Daksha. She is truly a very passionate culinary entrepreneur. Her broad approach to wedding catering means that each menu is a reflection of the couple’s personality, style and cultural backgrounds. She has the ability to offer classic dishes from every cuisine imaginable around the globe while reinventing them with her own contemporary take on them. We wish her every success in the future
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