Food Food channel ropes in Karthik Lakshminarayan as COO

 FoodFood, the soon-to-be-launched 24-hour food lifestyle channel, has roped in Karthik Lakshminarayan as its COO.



Lakshminarayan was part of the team that launched Colors. After a two-year stint with Colors, Lakshminarayan joined production house Freemantle Media India as head of commercial and business development.


FoodFood is the joint venture between Malaysia-based Astro and Chef Sanjeev Kapoor’s Turmeric Vision.


Lakshminarayan comes with over 15 years experience in media planning, channel launches and production.


Prior to Colors, Lakshminarayan was with Madison Media Infinity as COO, where he had worked on brands such as Cadbury India, Godrej Industries, Marico Ltd, and Asian Paints, among others. Prior to that, he had been with agencies such as Initiative Media and Leo Burnett.