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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
He co-anchored and scripted the 2007 weekly travel and food show ''Highway On My Plate'' along with his childhood friend and food enthusiasts [[Rocky Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teri |first=Deeksha |url=https://insider.in/food-trippin-featuring-rocky-and-mayur7thmay/event |title=Food Trippin' featuring Rocky & Mayur |date=2017-09-03 |language=en}}</ref> Before joining the cast of the show, Sharma has taught English in village schools in Africa and South America, and helped reconstruct a devastated village in Sri Lanka that was hit by the tsunami. He writes articles about food, travel and current affairs that have been published in the New York Times (India Ink), FHM, and Food & Nightlife. He has travelled and hitch-hiked his way across sixty five countries and is passionate about squash and rock-climbing. He has also hosted two other shows on the channel NDTV Good Times, ''[[India's Most Haunted]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teri |first=Deeksha |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/169818/haunted-tales.html |title=Haunted tales |date=2011-06-18 |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Jai Hind with Rocky and Mayur]]''. | He co-anchored and scripted the 2007 weekly travel and food show ''Highway On My Plate'' along with his childhood friend and food enthusiasts [[Rocky Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teri |first=Deeksha |url=https://insider.in/food-trippin-featuring-rocky-and-mayur7thmay/event |title=Food Trippin' featuring Rocky & Mayur |date=2017-09-03 |language=en}}</ref> Before joining the cast of the show, Sharma has taught English in village schools in Africa and South America, and helped reconstruct a devastated village in Sri Lanka that was hit by the tsunami. He writes articles about food, travel and current affairs that have been published in the New York Times (India Ink), FHM, and Food & Nightlife. He has travelled and hitch-hiked his way across sixty five countries and is passionate about squash and rock-climbing. He has also hosted two other shows on the channel NDTV Good Times, ''[[India's Most Haunted]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teri |first=Deeksha |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/169818/haunted-tales.html |title=Haunted tales |date=2011-06-18 |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Jai Hind with Rocky and Mayur]]''. He runs a corporate training consultancy 'Mindseye', that he co-founded along with [[Rocky Singh]]. | ||
In 2011, he co-authored a book titled ''Highway on My Plate:The Indian Guide to Roadside Eating''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_rocky-singh-and-mayur-sharma-write-about-roadside-eateries_1512088 |title=Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma write about roadside eateries - Lifestyle - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-02-24 |accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/culinary-delicacies-at-roadside-eateries/754249/0 |title=culinary delicacies at roadside eateries - Travel and Tourism - Financial Express |publisher=financialexpress.com |date=2011-02-24 |accessdate=2012-11-09}}</ref> which has been honored at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011 as the Best Celebrity Cook Book.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medianewsline.com/news/117/ARTICLE/9162/2012-03-22.html |title='Highway on My Plate' wins Best Celebrity Cook Book at GWC Awards |publisher=Medianewsline.com |date=2012-03-22 |accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref> | In 2011, he co-authored a book titled ''Highway on My Plate:The Indian Guide to Roadside Eating''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_rocky-singh-and-mayur-sharma-write-about-roadside-eateries_1512088 |title=Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma write about roadside eateries - Lifestyle - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-02-24 |accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/culinary-delicacies-at-roadside-eateries/754249/0 |title=culinary delicacies at roadside eateries - Travel and Tourism - Financial Express |publisher=financialexpress.com |date=2011-02-24 |accessdate=2012-11-09}}</ref> which has been honored at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011 as the Best Celebrity Cook Book.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medianewsline.com/news/117/ARTICLE/9162/2012-03-22.html |title='Highway on My Plate' wins Best Celebrity Cook Book at GWC Awards |publisher=Medianewsline.com |date=2012-03-22 |accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref> | ||