Baked with Love

KRITHIKA RADHAKRISHNAN’S STORY IS THAT OF A PASSIONATE BAKER WHO BAKES FROM HER HEART TO GIVE YOU THOSE SCRUMPTIOUS INDULGENT MOMENTS THAT LAST FOREVER IN YOUR MEMORIES

- Namita Gupta

A post graduate in Chemistry and an international business management degree in hand, the CEO of Arkay Productions, is now doing what she loves doing the most. Madurai born Krithika Radhakrishnan started baking as a hobby for friends and family and is today baking professionally for her brand Arkay Cravings and Rich Yumm Bakes. She started her career in television through AVM Productions’ Mangaiyar choice and then appeared in the weekly Suvaio Suvai on Kalaignar Television channel where she pioneered in microwave cooking.

She then started her own production company Arkay productions and started producing cookery and health shows for DD Podhigai. Apart from this, she has also played a very active role in several social activities like in the districts that she has been with her husband Dr. J Radhakrishnan who served as District collector from 2001 to 2005 in Salem, Sivagangai, Thanjavur and Nagapatinam. Krithika has received the Sevai Semmal award for woman related issues from APC Mahalakshmi College in 2005, Homeprenuer award for Media Entertainment from Brand Avatar in 2018, the AVM Mangaiyar Choice award for the 1000 th episode on Sun TV, besides many other big awards and accolades. She has also authored many cookery and nutrition related books.

When and how was your first tryst with food and baking? What are your earliest kitchen memories?