If you love food, especially all kinds of desserts, you’ve got to meet Delhi-based food blogger, Shivesh Bhatia.
At an age where most of us are still figuring out what we want to do with our lives, 21-year-old Shivesh has a blog-turned-website, Bake with Shivesh.
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Shivesh first started with an Instagram account, that today has over 112K followers.
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And if you look at his account, the staggering number of followers make complete sense.
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His posts manage to engage you, irrespective of the level of your interest in food or baking.
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Both his Instagram and blog focus on his own recipes and dishes he’s sampled and loved.
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He told ScoopWhoop that he started baking when he was in the eleventh standard.
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His inspiration to cook was his maternal grandmother, who was an amazing cook herself.
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In fact, he claims he is yet to sample a chocolate cake more delicious than the one she prepared.
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So when she passed away, he, along with his cousins, realized that baking could be a great way to honour her memory.
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However in his first attempt, like many of us, he burnt his first batch of vanilla cupcakes.
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But from that first batch of burned cupcakes to this heavenly delight, he sure has come a long way.
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His journey started with an Instagram account, that turned to blogging in December 2014.
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Today that blog has transformed into a website, with the same core message, ‘creating simple yet beautiful recipes’.
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His efforts and perseverance won him the ‘Social Media Star Of The Year’ in 2017 by Conde Nast Traveller.
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Even though a lot goes into preparing the perfect shot, we only get a gorgeous glimpse of the end result of all his efforts.
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His approach to most of his dishes is to make the cooking process as simple as possible.
And some of his dishes are actually a basic version of famous-but-complicated dishes by various chefs.
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Though this looks anything but basic!
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He has also conducted various baking and food styling workshops.
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Through his blog, he introduces eggless, whiskey-infused and no-bake desserts.
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He also posts recipes for foodies and aspiring bakers on his blog.
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And these recipes include desi dishes with a modern twist, like maple syrup laddoos!!
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However, for Shivesh, when he started out, it was no easy feat managing college with blogging, as both need considerable time.
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But his passion for baking kept him going, and ever since he graduated in June last year, he’s turned blogging into a full-time profession.
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And clearly trotting across the globe in the hunt for delicious goodies makes all the efforts worthwhile.
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In fact, he was one of the 5 bloggers invited by Foxlife India to meet chef Gary Mehigan, when he was in India. (*Sigh*)
Shivesh’s journey is proof, that if you combine passion with serious dedication, the results would always be ‘sweet’.
All images from Shivesh’s Instagram handle and website.