Daria Bedi is a junior masterchef with a mind of her own. In a new cooking show, she mixes and bakes, while gorging on pink cupcakes
Three-year-old Daria Bediu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s love for baking began a year ago, when she saw her nani bake bread. Ever since, she has been helping her mother Tina (above) in the kitchen.
Precocious Daria Bedi is only three years old. But, she has an opinion about everything — "No, this doll doesn’t look like a mini Barbie. It's Princess Sophia"; "no, this is not a pony, it’s a unicorn"; "no, I don't want to eat this cake, I want another surprise”. She often also stomps her feet and thumps her fist on the table. But, when she is calm and knows there is a reward waiting, she smiles adorably, her rosy cheeks beaming.
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Three-year-old Daria Bedi’s love for baking began a year ago, when she saw her nani bake bread. Ever since, she has been helping her mother Tina (above) in the kitchen. PICS/PRABHANJAN DHANU
Looking at her you understand why she has a show of her own. And a cooking show at that. Produced by Qyunki and MTV’s Seher Bedi (actor Kabir Bedi’s niece), Time Out with Daria, which is being aired on the YouTube channel Starrin, features the tiny tot and her mom, Tina, who together cook some of Daria’s favourite dishes.
The first season, comprising 25 episodes, is dedicated to baking, and has easy-peasy recipes like brownies, cupcakes and meringues, among other things. “Her love for baking started when she was around two years old," says Bengaluru-based Tina, who shuttles between her home city and Mumbai with her daughter, for the show. "One day, she saw her nani making bread, and just started helping her out. When Seher saw this, she suggested we do this show," the 37-year-old mother adds. She doesn’t do the cooking, but helps out wherever she can, especially with stirring the cake mix.
Tina, who herself is a children’s book writer, says Daria is her inspiration for her work. She wrote Daria and the Tea Party published by Partridge, when her daughter was 11 months old. “It’s an adventure Daria heads out on, when her train goes missing,” she says. Next to her, Daria is busy playing with her new toys — a fat dog and a Princess Sophia doll —all given to her so that she can focus on the interview.
Ask what she likes to eat, and pat comes her reply, "Cupcakes. The pink ones." And when asked who is a better cook —her mother or grandmother — she is quick to add, "Nani!"
The show is aimed at mothers and their children. Tina and Daria are seen working in a cute kitchen space, replete with pop-colours and yummy dessert ingredients. They then decide what to cook, and Daria insists on helping mom out. “In the show, she is seen whipping the batter, but that’s how she is in real life too,” says Tina.
Despite her age, Daria converses smartly with her mother, and is a natural on the show. “She is only allowed 40 minutes of TV or iPad time. And when she does have it, she watches only YouTube,” says Tina. “Did you know there is a YouTube phenomenon called Unboxing, where kids are filmed unwrapping gifts given to them by their parents? Daria loves that. When she gets a gift, she apes those kids. ‘Wonder what I got today?’ she will say,” laughs Tina.
The reactions to the show have been great ever since the first episode went on air on July 20, reveals Tina, with Daria now becoming a star in her Bengaluru neighbourhood. “So many people have seen it already and everyone has the same reaction — their kids love it! They actually save it on their phones and watch it again and again,” says Tina. “These days cooking is a rage amongst kids, and when they see someone as young as Daria enjoying it, it draws them in.”
The second season will feature other recipes from the Bedi household, with Daria, of course, being at the centre of everything. “She’s my muse,” says Tina fondly as she poses with her cute-as-a-button daughter. Daria smiles. It’s all in a day’s work.
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