First Indian food magazine launched in Australia

Melbourne: A first of its kind food magazine detailing 25 top Indian Restaurants in Australia, success stories of Indian-origin entrepreneurs in the food industry and celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor's Indo-Australian recipes has been launched. 'Spice Out' magazine, an annual publication of The Indian Executive Club (IEC) was released on Monday night by Kapoor at a gala event, attended by numerous top Indian restaurant owners and food industry experts. 

Kapoor told the gathering that the new initiative of introducing an Indian food guide would assist in generating quality information for locals, Indian travelers and Indian diaspora down under apart from creating a channel to disseminate information on the Indian food business.

Sharing how he dreamed big while picking cookery as his career despite a brilliant score as a student Kapoor said that Spice Out magazine should fledge out to other parts of the country and eventually globally to make it big. Spice Out, the first Indian food guide of Melbourne, lists 25 top Indian restaurants and success stories of Indian-origin entrepreneurs in the food industry. 

Apart from that, the inaugural edition has been packed with Kapoor's exclusive recipe with Indo-Australian flavour like Macadamia pesto sweet potatoes and Sun dried tomatoes, warm quinao salad with Barramundi, cardamom and vanilla pancakes with poached strawberries. Commenting on the magazine launch, the IEC Co-founder Siddarth Suresh said. "We found that there was an urgent need to start a dialogue in the Indian hospitality sector in Melbourne. Our food presentation, recipes, interiors are getting stale."

"Although Indian food is extremely popular in Australia, we have reached a stage where there is a need to re look at how we present this sector," Suresh said. "Melbourne is home to more than 500 of Indian food joints," Suresh said, adding the magazine would be an ideal platform for Indian chefs and food entrepreneurs to share and innovate ideas. "We can influence the larger Australian community and their food habits. This will see a growth in the Indian food sector with demands growing for spices and other ingredients used in our cooking," he said.