Ordinary Ingredients for an Extraordinary life | Payal Gupta | TEDxNITSilchar

Payal Gupta is a chef and one of the top food stylist in India today. An alumni of the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu, she creates beautiful looking food in TV commercials and ads which leaves its viewers salivating. She started off as a qualitative researcher in Mumbai in 2004. In July 2007, she quit her job to become a food stylist. Through this talk she uncovers the rather undiscovered world of food styling and the hidden potential of the industry it beholds and also talk about how not giving up on passion is the only right way to feel alive. Payal Gupta is a chef and one of the top food stylist in India today. Apart from being a food stylist she is also a floral designer. She started off as a qualitative researcher in Mumbai in 2004. In July 2007, she quit her job and took a sabbatical for 7 months to understand what she really wanted to do in her life. Concluding from there, she realized that her passion thrived in the union of food and art. And thus alas, she figured out what she would take up- ‘Food Styling’.Over the years Chef Payal has had the opportunity to polish her skills in the world of food and business by educating herself across premier institutes in India and overseas such as Le Cordon Bleu, IIM Bangalore etc. Today Payal is indeed one of the celebrated food stylists of India This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx