Curry TV Team
Curry Brigade
Our Team
Our team is Curry TV, a family-owned business in Portland, Oregon. We are a proud team called the “Curry Brigade,” drawing our name from the ancient culinary term “Brigade de Cuisine.” Our team has six people: Promod, Sumi, Nikhil, Nithin, Nidhiya, and Nimitha. Like managing a restaurant, our home is always busy, and each member has specific food preferences. We use the idea of a kitchen brigade, giving each family member a defined role to complete to keep things organized. We collaborate as a cohesive family to accomplish our objectives and make Curry TV successful. Our kitchen functions more like a restaurant as our family gets bigger, with each member having a distinct job to do to make sure everything goes as planned.
Our Mission
Empower people to cook a meal at home and eat healthily.
Our Vision
To build a healthy eating practice in kids that starts from their childhood and keep this business cherished and handed down from generations to generations.
Curry TV aims to motivate people to prepare nutritious meals at home by providing clear and concise recipes. Beyond just sharing recipes, we want to ensure that children grow up with a lifelong legacy of wellbeing through the instillation of healthy eating habits at a young age. Our mission is to improve the lives of families everywhere by sharing the knowledge and insights we’ve acquired in our family kitchen.
Meet Our Team
Sumi Promod
As Curry TV®’s CEO and Chef de Cuisine, Sumi is the creative force behind our culinary adventures. She is a home cook for a family of six, an entrepreneur, a TV host, an Amazon influencer, and a food content developer. She brings a depth of knowledge and enthusiasm to her work. Sumi wears many hats at Curry TV® besides being the Chief Operating Officer of Logic Intelligence during business hours.
- Recipe Developer: Sumi is an expert at developing or modifying recipes that work well in the video format. Her talent for cooking and ability to tell stories visually enable her to break down complicated cooking methods so that even apartment-dwelling college students can follow along easily.
- Culinary Host: Sumi captivates audiences as a Culinary Host/Presenter thanks to her captivating on-camera demonstrations and personable personality. She became an Amazon Influencer quickly, cooking for hours on end thanks to her vast culinary skills and ease in front of the camera.
- Food Stylist: Sumi expertly arranges and styles ingredients and completed plates to ensure every dish looks delicious on camera. Every frame highlights her attention to detail and proficiency with food presentation methods.
- Community Manager: In addition to her passion for cooking, Sumi manages the Curry TV® community by interacting with and curating our broad group of bloggers, home cooks, and food enthusiasts. She encourages dialogue, answers users' questions and comments, and builds a sense of community and solidarity among our audience.
Promod Antony
Together with being Sumi’s business partner and partner in life, Promod is the Sous-chef de Cuisine (deputy/second kitchen chef) at Curry TV®. He also looks after their four kids. He brings creativity and insight as the technologist and visionary behind Curry TV®, balancing Sumi’s culinary ability with his technical know-how. Promod immerses himself in photography and filmmaking, experimenting with food photography as a creative outlet, while Sumi takes comfort in the kitchen during stressful moments. Among his positions at Curry TV® are:
- Video Producer/Director: Promod oversees the entire production process, from ideation to completion. Using Sumi's cooking expertise, he creates video concepts, arranges shoots, manages crew and talent, and supervises post-production editing.
- Videographer/Cinematographer: Promod uses lighting, sound, and camera equipment to record and produce high-caliber audio and video. His technological know-how in sound recording, camera operation, lighting, and live streaming enabled Curry TV to reach a global audience.
- Sensory Analyst: The most satisfying position for a cameraman is that of a sensory analyst. He evaluates recipes' flavor, texture, appearance, and aroma using his senses. His input enables Sumi to adjust recipes to better suit the tastes of her audience. Promod was unaware that making cooking videos was a part of his job until he observed other companies doing it.
Nikhil Promod
Nikhil works as a Saucier (sauce maker or sauté cook) at Curry TV. He is majoring in business and minoring in data science at the University of Oregon. In addition, he works as an application developer part-time at Logic Intelligence. At their apartment, he and his pals also cook using the Curry TV recipe. Within his role at Curry TV, Nikhil undertakes several specific responsibilities:
- Content Manager/Editor: Nikhil is in charge of making sure that workflows for publishing, video editing, and recipe production are reliable and always improving. In order to ensure timely publication, he works with team members to synchronize recipe timetables with Sumi and Promod's other business obligations. In addition, Nikhil creates content strategies, oversees editorial calendars, and makes sure that the website's content is consistent and of high quality.
- SEO Specialist: Nikhil is an SEO specialist who enhances visibility and discoverability of video content by optimizing it for search engines. He undertakes keyword research, improves metadata, and applies SEO best practices using AI technologies in order to raise the website's search engine rating.
- Web Developer/Designer: Nikhil is in charge of creating, constructing, and managing the website, with an emphasis on usability, cross-browser compatibility, and aesthetic appeal.
- Live Production Assistant: Nikhil ensures seamless streaming of live content, including generating subtitles using content captioning technologies from Microsoft and AWS.
- AI, BI & Data Analyst: Nikhil examines user data and website analytics by utilizing his knowledge as a certified Power BI developer and BI consultant. In order to maximize content strategy and user experience, he keeps track on performance, spots patterns, and makes data-driven choices.
Nithin Promod
Nithin is the Chef de partie (senior chef; “chief of the group”) at Curry TV. He assists with various workflows for cooking films as a video editing assistant. He makes sure that all four cameras’ memory sticks are safely backed up and prepared for the upcoming shoot.
- Video Assistant Editor: He crafts polished, interesting, educational, and eye-catching videos out of uncut material. They make ensuring movies adhere to technical and branding requirements, edit footage, and add graphics, music, sound effects, and transitions.
- Motion Graphics Designer: Nithin, a motion graphics designer, makes the Curry TV commercial videos. To improve video content, he creates graphics, animations, and visual effects. He creates lower thirds, outros, intros, and other visual components to enhance the interest and educational value of videos.
- Business Development/Sales: Nithin enjoys marketing and sales. Using his abilities, he seeks out joint venture possibilities, strikes agreements with sponsors or advertisers, and investigates sources of income including premium subscriptions, sponsored content, and affiliate marketing. He locates Amazon items that are required for every Amazon live event.
- Social Media Manager: He uses social media channels to advertise video material in an effort to boost views, interactions, and subscriptions. In order to inform social media plans, he also develops them, produces content, keeps an eye on channels, and evaluates analytics.
Nidhiya Promod
Nidhiya is a Cuisinier at Curry TV. She keeps an eye on the food’s quality and measurements in accordance with the recipe. Nidhiya assists with cosmetics and has an eye for detail. When it comes to planning a blockade strategy, she is a terrific companion to have on board.
Nidhiya assists with the components list and description revisions.
- In charge of ensuring that the live videos function properly
- Interacting with the Live Audience
Nimitha Promod
Nimitha is the Commis (assistant/junior cook) at Curry TV.
Nimitha excels at catching the moments that are most important to the viewer. She maintains timeliness and organization. Her managerial abilities are above average. She infuses energy into the video shoot. The family is really grateful for her enthusiasm and encouragement.
She is known as the “clapper” and works as a video shoot assistant. She keeps us on task for our assigned duties.
Additionally, she makes sure that the menus, costumes, and recipes are all unique.
Nimitha also helps NIdhiya with costume, cosmetics, and dish preparation.
In charge of retrieving memory sticks from every camera and transferring them to the editing crew.
Astro, Boomi & Milo
Astro, Boomi & Milo, affectionately regarded as the furry companions of the Curry TV crew, serve as lively sources of energy, boosting morale and spirits within the team. As brothers, Astro and Boomi share a special bond, with their one-month younger sibling, Milo, adding further joy to their dynamic. Their presence not only fosters camaraderie but also encourages the Curry TV crew to step outside and engage in physical activity, revitalizing both body and mind. In essence, Astro, Boomi, and Milo enrich the daily experiences of the Curry TV team, infusing moments of happiness and companionship into their work environment.
Phoenix
Phoenix is pretty, intelligent, and can dance. She can say “hello”, “peekaboo”, “come here”, “chaaya veno”, “come here, let me out”, “stop it” with a tone when the kids fight, and many more. She is a rescue bird. During summer, she likes to go out and have a sun bath.
