MUMBAI: Renowned chef Sanjeev Kapoor will be back as a cookery show host with lifestyle and food specialty channel FoodFood?s new show ?Cook Smart?.

Cook Smart will premiere on 25 March and will air from Monday to Wednesday at 5 pm.

The last show that Kapoor anchored was Secret Recipes in 2012.

Cook Smart is packed with simple and smart recipes. Through the show, Kapoor will teach viewers to cook light and healthy meals in easier yet exotic ways. The chef will also share interesting tips on how to cook smart in the kitchen. The show has various types of recipes cooked smartly using Indian spices and keeping in mind the health factor.

?We at FoodFood always try to help our viewers to deal with all issues related to lifestyle and food. The show ?Cook Smart? is the continued efforts to teach to cook healthy meals in short time? said Kapoor who is also the promoter of the channel.

MUMBAI: Canada?s largest South Asian broadcaster, Asian Television Network International (ATN), has launched celebrity Chef Sanjeev Kapoor?s Food Food channel in Canada on Rogers Cable.

ATN has secured an exclusive programming alliance & licensing agreement with Turmeric Vision and has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights to the programming content of the Food Food Channel.

The content shall also include programming that is produced in Canada by ATN that portrays culinary art of the local talent.

Food Food channel is a joint-venture between Sanjeev Kapoor?s Turmeric Vision and Malaysia?s leading cross-media group Astro All Asia Networks.

"Canadian?s of South Asian Origin consume on an average of over four million meals per day or 120 million meals per month and needless to say, we are excited about launching North America?s first International Food Network," said ATN President, Chairman and CEO Dr. Shan Chandrasekar.

The ATN-Food Food channel will feature shows like Sanjeev Kapoor?s Kitchen, Firangi Tadka, Sirf 30 Minute and Ready Steady Cook to name a few. Prominent personalities from the entertainment and food industry such as Chef Chinu, Chef Harpal, and Chef Rakesh Sethi shall also be featured on the channel.