I'm all admiration for those who turn their stumbling blocks in to stones. And those whose values are in place and not materialistic. By sheer meaningful coincidence I had a #foodieblinddate with magical #Meghnakamdar @meghnasfoodmagic who came all the way from Goregaon for our dinner date at @soi69mumbai .' "Move over solitaire and fancy jewels, "My waist is my solitaire & my fit body at age of 41 is my jewel", says this beautiful mother of a 13 year old - banker turned baker - Chef Meghna. Not many of us can claim to follow our dreams & passion and reinvent ourselves at the age of 35+; but Meghna did it. From her 14 years of banking career to motherhood to becoming a YouTuber, Social Media Influencer & Motivational speaker; life for Meghna has come full circle. I very rarely run into someone who is happily successful who are inspiring, down to earth and very practical in their approach towards life. It was fascinating to hear her story about how despite being a vegetarian, she fought & overcome her discomfort in cooking non-vegetarian food; and has actually without testing, sniffing her way to perfect chicken recipes on her channel. How she fought post pregnancy depression and restarted her life in totally different unfamiliar background - cooking & baking. Married to a banker husband, she cod have chosen a comfortable lifestyle, but her desire to create her own name and succeed, took her first time into kitchen at the age of 30. From learning designer cakes to catering food for birthday parties, Meghna worked relentlessly in reducing her weight by 20 kg over next couple of years. After putting all her earnings from teaching baking/cooking to students, Meghna’s Food Magic Youtube channel started with couple of episodes. With ab excellent response, she found herself a digital partner to produce her show and today she has over 125 recipe episodes with 7 MM+ views and 2 MM + followers across social media. God bless you #MeghnaKamdar with even more magic and make you fly higher (at Soi 69 Asian Eatery + Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtDtwYYHb_S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16s9hi0hznitj