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Kala  Ghoda  Event  :  The Indian  Express – MumbaiNewsline   Tuesday  January – 25, 2005

EDIBLE   ART :

Chocolate  is  now art, what  with  artists  like  Arzan  Khambatta, Bina Aziz, Brinda  Chudasama Miller, Preeti  Vyas  Gainetti  and  Ranjan  Kapur  turning  the  sticky and oh- so- tasty  substance  into  shapes  beyond  bars  and  hearts. As  a  part  of  the  just-concluded  Kala Ghoda  art  fest, Fantasie  Chocolates  and  Indigo  hosted  a  carnival  at the restaurant  on  Saturday   evening.

Chocolate  evenings  with  Fantasie  Fine  Chocolate  at  Indigo :

It  was  a  brown evening. And  we’re not  talking  about  the  dress code. The  chocolate  carnival and bazaar hosted  by  Zeba  Kohli  and  Malini  Akerkar  saw  a  host  of  artists including  Bina  Aziz, Brinda Chudasama-Miller, Preeti  Vyas  Giannetti, Ranjan  Kapur  and  Arzaan  Khambatta  showcase  their  artistic  skills  on  chocolate  canvases.

TODAY  Delhi’s No1  Afternoon  Newspaper :                     Thursday  9, September  2004

CHOCOLATE !

Dark  and  gooey,  chocolate  was  the  irresistible  flavour  at  olive’s  sweet  surfeit  on  Wednesday  evening  with  a  super chocolate  buffet  &  Chocolate  Fashion  show  Laid  out  by  Zeba  Kohli !

Chocolates  are  the  mantra  of  my  life,  gushed  chocolate  queen  Zeba  Kohli,  who  played  host  at  the  Med. Mosaic  do  at  Olive  this  week with  good  friends  Pooja  Bedi  and  Bachi  Suhel  Seth  stated, “ Chocolates  are  all  about  indulgence  and  yes, they do  turn  me  on,”. Owner AD  Singh’s  designer  wife  Sabeena  commented “Chocolates  and  red  are both  about  passion,  here  we  are  celebrating the  mood!”Karkaria.

Suhel  Seth  stated, “ Chocolates  are  all  about  indulgence  and  yes, they do  turn  me  on,”. Owner AD  Singh’s  designer  wife  Sabeena  commented “Chocolates  and  red  are both  about  passion,  here  we  are  celebrating the  mood!”

From Chocolate rocks to chocolate paint, Zeba Mitha Kohli has unleashed her passion for cocoa. This connoisseur loves experimenting with the gooey delight. And she has even extended her zeal for chocolates to fashion and art. While her Fantasie Fine Chocolates outlet at Worli offers hot wasabi centred chocolates, her latest range.

 

A perfectionist, Zeba personally supervises every aspect in the production of Fantasie Chocolate. Whether it is working with her Research and Development department, or interaction with her customers, she is always in the front urging them to sample a new variety of Fantasie's Chocolates. Concern about her customers welfare is evident as she constantly asks, "Do you prefer the cherry or the cappuccino, the nougat or the nut?"

   It's been a sweet success                   13th February 1996 ( Bombay Times )

Be it birthday , anniversaries, farewells, chocolates are a must today. Zeba wishes to say "Chocolates every one's favorite sweet, especially after-meal desserts and make fantasie chocolates a popular brand in India and Abroad."

Fantasie Fine Chocolates, one of the popular brands, has only introduced the best chocolates but has also tried to outdo competitors. Says Zeba Kohli, the director of Good House Keeping Ltd., which manufactures Fantasie. "The competition is only getting tougher. Besides, I have accepted it. I even try out any new brands that come our market. Our aim is to better ourselves.

For the last five decades Fantasie Fine Chocolates have consistently maintained their quality packaging and the taste of their products.

Today, the legend continues, Fantasie, which is a blend of tradition and finer taste, brings to the Indian public a brand that is truly international in commitment and quality. The very range of options and innovative packaging sets fantasie a class apart.

Late Mr. Salman Mitha of Good House Keeping Company Pvt. Ltd., the makers of Fantasie Chocolates, was a young, enterprising man, who is following his family's long tradition of manufacturing chocolates and other delicacies.
Late Mr. Salman who started off at the age of 18, has been in the business for seven years now and seeing all the multinational companies advancing into India, he tied up with Lindt original chocolates makers of Switzerland. Hence, Fantasie is now the sole distributor of Lindt chocolates in Mumbai.

Chocolates over a 1000 shapes, more than 40 flavors, custom-made fillings, made to order chocolate coverings, the finest of Swiss and Indian Chocolates, all under one roof in short a chocoholics delight.

"We supply to all-from the individual customer to the industry,"she says,"in fact I all train the hotel or the retailers staff in the most important thing,temperature contn storing the chocolates."

Zeba Mitha Kohli is the Managing Director, Good House-Keeping Company Pvt. Ltd,Makers of Fantasie Chocolates Zeba took over the business at a very young age and gave her dad a helping hand.Since then she has only made the business grow,Zeba company has a commitment to quality which has remained unchanged over the years

Zeba's tips to achieve success are: Be totally focused about your work. Revel in being a woman .Also,use the fact that you are a woman and the strengths that you have to your advantage No matter how busy you are or how high-pressured your work is,always take time for yourself.Do not think that it is detrimental to you or your career,it is the best the you can do for yourself and those you work with and your family. Nothing is impossible and if you have a goal pursue it and give it all you've got and you will succeed.

Any Chocolate lover in the city knows of fantasie chocolates. Few however know, lady behind the scenes.ZEBA MITHA KOHLI may,at first sight,seem too young playing MD to Good House-Keeping Company Pvt.Ltd the Company that manufacture's chocolates.

 

If truth known,last month was choc-o-bloc for gastronome Karen Anand.If she wasn't hosting high 'spirited' affairs for pretty bartenders-in-the making, then she was busy making nice with the Fantasie queen Zeba Kohli herself and in the bargain ensuring that invitees needed to head for their favorite treadmills in a jiffy to get rid of the excess.

Sculpting Event   

 

Thanks to Zeba Mitha Kohli,it was a Fantasie of chocolate creativity for three Mumbai artist.But it was art with heart
THESE WORKS of art were really delectable.

"We have just given the artists our regular Fantasie coverture and left the rest to their imagination,"says Zeba Mitha Kohli,MD of Fantasie.To add to the chocolate flavors of the evening at Liquid Lounge,Zeba also created a chocolate buffet offering chocolate fondue,chocolate cups filled with champagne and cognac,16 new varieties of pralines,developed from an international repertoire of favorite chocolate recipes(Rs 900-1100 per kg),

The three sculptures--Brinda's chocolate face,Sunil's face of christ and Arzan's chiseled head --will all go to three schools of the physically challenged and blind school for a 'touch and feel' session.
Though Fantasie represents the ultimate swiss fantasy of Lindt and Sprungli,Zeba is proud that ''Domestically,we can make a product of international quality,so you represents the best because you are the best ,''ends the chocolate lady,as she leads you to the cocktails being served in chocolate thimbles.

Ever since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, there undoubtedly have been dreams about being in a place such as the one Roald Dahl conjured up. Well, for some people, that dream came true at Zeba Mitha Kohli’s chocolate sculpting affair at the Liquid Lounge.The event saw artists like Brinda Chudasama, Sunil Padwal and Arzan Khambatta making forms out of huge chunks of chocolate.

THEY called it Sinful Liaisons,and sinful it sure was.Rum and raisin,almond,peanut butter filled chocolates,chocolate fondue laced with Kahlua and Cointreau,and if that wasn't enough,you could feast (at least your eyes) on the large blocks of chocolate being chipped away at by three talented,chocoholic artists-Brinda Chudasama.Sunil Padwal and Arzan Khambatta.

The Afternoon's Sunny Summer Event No.1 had readers' Kids inking their chocolate and eating it too!

Eyeing the goodies on their tables,the children watched Zeba demonstrate the art of making the most delicious chocolate rocks with walnuts and marshmaliows.Diving into a frenzy of activity shortly after,the batch of youngsters had a blast as they mixed, moulded,painted and nibbled their chocolate concoctions.

Zeba said,''I really enjoy working with children. And this session was particularly enjoyable as we had a great balance of education and fun.

 

 

It was a round up of the usual suspects (and then some ) at Olive in Bandra last evening where Zeba Kohli had organized an evening of chocolate a la carte. Everything around you was chocolate (in all its various hues and types )--right from the chocolate hats and the edible chocolate paints to paint on a canvas at the entrance to the sea theme table arrangements.Even the few palm trees in the courtyard had strings of chocolate hanging from them.

The night in question was an a al carte chocolate fiesta at olive Bar and Kitchen in Bandra .Zeba Mitha Kohli's decede-long love affair with chocolates manifested itself at the restobar on Thursday,where the usually pristine white interiors were magically redon a gooey chocolate.But this is chocolate night, so the guys get high on the cocoa rather than babes! Dipping their brushes and trying out a mini-holi, grabbing chocolate medallions, slurping on chocolate fondues, dowing chocolate shots - they tried it all.

IT melts in your mouth. But did you ever think how much time and energy goes into making chocolates?
And perhaps nobody knows better than Zeba Mitha Kohli, managing director of Good House Keeping Company Pvt. Ltd., which manufactures Fantasie Fine Chocolates and Confectionery.
“ I have modernized and streamlined the business. We have also set up a website (www.fantasiechocolate.com),” she says. “ I want to increase production. At the same time, I want to offer the best quality to the customers. I want Fantasie to become an international brand.”

Lip-smacking pralines or divine soft centres,Zeba Kohli of Fantasie knows the best way to your heart is through chocolates,
To convert cocoa beans into edible, solid chocolate calls for an elaborate procedure, and to master the exact blend of cocoa solids and butter, is an art in itself. A mastery of this coupled with a keen business acumen rightly places Zeba Kohli Director of Fantasie Fine chocolates, as india's first lady of chocolates.
Daily, the chocolates are randomly sampled and inspected." Our packaging's are handmade with great attention to detail, to the extent of personalizing wedding gift packs to coordir ate with the bridal costume." A keen learner, this effervescent entrepreneur claims to try chocolates by other makers as well' I am all for competition as it gives me a high,"she remarks.

Chocolate is a sensuous passion with Zeba Kohli, she is a Swiss – trained , Cordon Bleu chocolatier and the managing director of Good Housekeeping.
She’s also responsible fro bringing fresh and creamy LINDT and Sprungli chocolates into our homes, at affordable prices.
Her latest ventures are a mobile chocolate workshop for school kids and chocolate body painting, which is the hottest buzz with the fusionists today.

THERE is no denying that it is easier to take over an existing family business rather than starting one on your own . That is exactly what Zeba Kohli has done. She took a fledging enterprise and nurtured it into a sound one. Rightly then she has been called the Don of the Chocolate world. “Awareness and selling chocolates are two different things. There is so much people want to know about chocolates and I try to address these issues through my workshops”. As for the future, I planning to professionals the classes and launch a book on chocolates from all over the world. While doing all this, her motto stays simple : Make achievable goals and work very hard to get them.

IF my memory serves me correctly, the last time Pooja Bedi and Zeba Kohli collaborated on a project, body Bedi ended up sporting a yummy looking chocolate rose tattoo on her arm.
This time around, Zeba will create artistic masterpieces out of fine chocolate slabs, with Pooja comparing the event. To be held at TGI Friday, Kalaghoda. on February 9, this should be one delicious evening.

As managing director and director of various enterprises, her activities range from overseeing the indian retail operations of Swiss chocolates LINDT and SPRUNGLI, to providing catering and banqueting facilities. She has also developed her own line of chocolates. Chocoholics undoubtedly give thanks for her existence!

 

SWEET DREAMS: ( from L to R ) Lindt master chef Adelbert Bucher, Zeba Mitha Kohli of Fantasie chocolates and chef Nowzer Iranpour of La patisserie at the Taj.
Seeing Zeba, also the Indian representative of Lindt, join Chef Bucher as he enjoys some of his own creations, one can't help but ask her as well how much chocolate she has everyday. "100 grams and no less," she replies without batting an eye-lid.

Zeba is a chocolate aficionado. Mention the word and she can tell you more than a thousand ways of enjoying it! The multi-linguist ( she's fluent in German, French, Marathi, and of course, English and Hindi, ) is also the woman behind Fantasie Chocolates, a brand of premium confectionaries.Zeba's been to chocolate schools (why ever did the rest of us not attend such a school! ) in Switzerland and Singapore.

  Kala Ghoda Event     
  11th February 2004 ( Bombay Times- The Times Of India )

Aphrodisiac fantasies!

Chocolate Lady Zeba Mitha Kohli had quite a surprise in store on Monday afternoon. Keeping in mind wit the ongoing Kala Ghoda Festival, she combined her art of making chocolates with fashion and paintings, and came away hosting a completely sinful event. Two models dressed in outfits with embedded chocolates walked around as guests plucked off whatever made their mouths water. Also, there were delightful paintings in chocolate done by Bose Krishnamachari, Simeen oshidar, Papri Bose Mehta and Brinda Chudasama Miller.
We also couldn't resist...er, miss the mannequins wearing hats and jewellery in genuine chocolate.