The Most Inspiring Immigrants in Atlantic Canada 2022

Shivani Dhamija was named one of many Most Inspiring Immigrants in Atlantic Canada 2022

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia / March 21, 2022 – Shivani Dhamija, the founding father of Shivani’s Kitchen, has been named one of many High 2022 Most Inspiring Immigrants in Atlantic Canada together with ten fellow award recipients at a gala dinner hosted by My East Coast Expertise.

Shivani moved to Halifax in 2011 and labored in numerous customer support jobs and began with making Indian dishes for mates and colleagues which rapidly grew right into a facet hustle. In 2014, after being turned down for a customer support job at a retail retailer, that was her motivation to concentrate on her catering enterprise full-time and the beginning of Shivani’s entrepreneurial journey. “I like cooking and the flavors of India, once I moved to Canada, there was a really restricted collection of high-quality spices and sauces…”

Shivani’s Kitchen has enlargement plans within the subsequent 12 months and can concentrate on its on-line retailer and specializing in the Ontario market.

Thank the award granters and her recommendation to new immigrants to have an entrepreneurial spirit? “I’m thrilled to be acknowledged and stand in the identical highlight with my fellow award recipients. My onerous work is beginning to repay and I’m pushed to do extra. I like what I do and revel in giving a style of India to all my clients”, says Shivani.

“The Most Inspiring Immigrants in Atlantic Canada initiative celebrates the contributions of immigrants to the East Coast of Canada. The awards honors the trailblazers and leaders who’re making a constructive affect in our communities and purpose to encourage and encourage present and future newcomers to our area.

Due to her perseverance in establishing Shivani’s Kitchen and efficiently launching her line of spices and sauces in Atlantic Canada, Shivani Dhamija is certainly one of our 2022 honorees.” by MY EAST COAST EXPERIENCE

You’ll find Shivani’s Kitchen spices and sauces at Sobeys and Superstore in Atlantic Canada

About Shivani’s Kitchen

What advanced from Halifax’s first packaged Indian meal supply service was a variety of premium-grade Indian spices with no fillers, garlic, or salt. Shivani’s Kitchen Spice Blends landed on the cabinets of Pete’s Frootique & Superb Meals in 2016, adopted by Sobeys in 2019.

In 2018, Dhamija opened the doorways of her first restaurant on the Seaport Farmers Market permitting her to carry cooking lessons and experiment with new substances and merchandise. By way of this, she noticed a necessity to have the ability to recreate restaurant-quality Indian meals at residence, so she launched her ready-to-use sauces. Similar to Shivani’s Kitchen Spice Blends, the sauces are salt-free, gluten-free, and haven’t any preservatives. Utilizing solely contemporary substances from native Atlantic Canada suppliers.

Dhamija closed the doorways to her restaurant on the finish of August 2020 and opened a meals manufacturing plant in West Hants, Nova Scotia. “I’m enthusiastic about our meals plant, and it’ll assist sustain with the demand for our Spices and Sauces!” says Dhamija, taking an enormous step by pivoting her enterprise throughout COVID to get extra merchandise in shops.

As of January 2021, Shivani’s Kitchen Spices and Prepared-to-Use Sauces can be found broadly on the cabinets of big-box retail shops all through Atlantic Canada and the US. They’re additionally used at quite a few eating places and cafes in Halifax and may be discovered to buy on-line at www.shivaniskitchen.ca

About My East Coast Expertise

My East Coast Expertise is a publishing, advertising and occasion planning model aimed toward telling the tales and goals of immigrants and worldwide college students who’ve discovered success on Canada’s east coast, whereas encouraging others to remain within the area. The ‘High 2022 Most Inspiring Immigrants in Atlantic Canada’ awards have fun the trailblazers and leaders who’re making a constructive affect in our communities.