10th Knowledge Summit and 19th Annual Chef Award by Indian Culinary Forum

DETAILS OF THE EVENT

• The 10th Chef Summit was organised by Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) on the occasion of India’s biggest culinary awards, the 19th Annual Chef Awards. The celebrations were part of International Chefs Day held on 14th October 2022 at Hotel Pride Plaza, Aerocity, New Delhi. Mr. K.B Kachru, Chairman Emeritus, and Principal Advisor, Radisson Hotel Group, South was the Chief Guest for the day-long summit. Renowned names from the Hospitality industry presented their points of view to the 300 participants as well young chefs and trainees of catering and hotel management institutes.
• The theme of this year’s summit was ‘Imagining a Healthy Future’. The summit witnessed participation of aspiring chefs, hotel-management students and hospitality professionals from all over India, who discussed, debated and deliberated upon a lot of burning issues relating to the hospitality industry.
• Le Cordon Bleu School of Hospitality and Tourism, G D Goenka University was the knowledge partner for this event.

Session 1

Vision 2030: Do we foresee a Healthy Future?

This session was moderated by Mr Rajiv Gulshan – Dean, Le Cordon Bleu School of Hospitality & Tourism. The speakers in the session were industry veterans such as Dr Shikha Nehru Sharma – Founder & Managing Director, Nutriwel Health (India) Pvt Ltd, Chef Akshay Bhardwaj – Executive Chef, Andaz Aerocity, Mr Sanjay Sethi, Executive Director, Plant Based Foods Industry Association, Mr Joshua Leny – Student of Masters in Hospitality, Le Cordon Bleu School.

Session 2

The Great Hospitality Talent Hunt – Are we navigating well!

Moderated by Mr Sourish Bhattacharya, the speakers in the session were Chef Sameer Miglani, Managing Director HRM Solutions, Mr Rishabh Tandon – Director HR, IHG, New Delhi, Chanakyapuri, Mr Deep Bahadur Thapa – Student, BCIHMCT.

Session 3

There is more to food than what you see on your plate :Striking that perfect balance between taste, cost and calories

Moderated by Chef Ashish Bhasin – Director F&B Service & Culinary, Leela Ambience Gurugram. The speakers of the session were veterans of the hospitality industry such as Prashant Kulkarni – Director F&B Operations – Hilton India, Mr Rocky Mohan – Founder & Mentor of Gourmet Passport and Director of Conran Media Pvt. Ltd., Chef Nitin Puri – Director Culinary India · Griffith Foods, Mr Himanshu Bhatt – GM, Marketing, Food Service India, Ms Shambhavi – Student, Le Cordon Bleu School.

Session 4

A special ICF Live Session

Mr Rajiv Gulshan, Dean, Le Cordon Bleu School of Hospitality and Tourism, G D Goenka University interacted with celebrity Chefs Atul Kochar and Ajay Chopra.