Deepali Biyani from Ahmednagar won the title of “Kitchen Star of India” in a national level cooking competition for housewives/homechefs organized by Better Kitchen with title sponsor Crompton.
The competition was conducted in three levels. Level One had the theme, “Regional/Traditional Thali” while in level two the participants had used mango as a hero ingredient in the recipe. On the basis of level one and level two, participants for the finale were selected across India and called to Mumbai to cook in the presence of a jury to bag the title of “Kitchen Star of India”.
The first and second runners-up of the competition were Deepa Girgune from Pune and Mufida Rehman from Assam respectively. The jury had decided to give two consolation prizes which went to Himadri Bharadwaj & Raziya Lohani Vayara.
The jury for finale comprised Sudhir Pai, Consultant Chef Anees Khan, Chef & Founder - Star Anise Fine Foods & Leisure Pvt. Ltd.; Vivek Kadam, Executive Pastry Chef – ITC Maratha, Mumbai; and Chef Kavita Singh from Kanpur.
The Jury appreciated the efforts of participants for their innovative thinking and use of mystery ingredients provided to them.
Ekkta Bhargeva, Publisher of Better Kitchen said the objective of this competition is to provide a platform for housewives/homechefs to showcase their talent, recognize and reward them for their culinary skills. Also to create awareness about the traditional recipes/food of India.
After winning the title Deepali said, “I am thankful to Ekkta Bhargeva & Better Kitchen team to provide us an excellent opportunity with well-organized arrangements to showcase culinary talent of homechefs with unbiased judging. We all were new to the training kitchen but through Better Kitchen event we have learnt a lot during the event and pre event workshops conducted by renowned chefs, who guided and mentored us.”
Commenting on the association Pragya Bijalwan, CMO - Crompton, said, “We are absolutely thrilled and proud to be associated with the Better Kitchen’s Kitchen Star of India cooking contest that celebrates the unique culinary talent of homemakers on such a reputed stage. By providing a bigger platform for talented home chefs, we have empowered them to showcase their culinary skills and unlock the secret of fine taste. This initiative aligns perfectly with our campaign's key message, as we believe that every great dish starts with passion, creativity, and a touch of something special. Through this contest, we aim to inspire food enthusiasts across India to embrace their love for cooking and explore the endless possibilities of flavors. Together, we are unlocking the secrets of fine taste, one recipe at a time."
The host partner was ITM Institute of Hotel Management, Oshiwara – Mumbai. Other partners were Uniform Partner - Zed Uniforms; Beverage Partner – Coca Cola; Gift hampers partners - Pansari Group and Culinary Fire.
Better Kitchen has signed an agreement with Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition – Lucknow (IHM, Lucknow) to start an incubation centre in IHM, Lucknow to promote budding entrepreneurship in young enterprising hospitality students and alumni of the institute.
The agreement was signed by Dr. Manoj Kumar Dash, Principal on behalf of IHM, Lucknow and Ekkta Bhargeva, Publisher on behalf of Better Kitchen.
Today’s generation having seen entrepreneurial success in the food and catering industry Better Kitchen will not only provide platform and right guidance through mentoring and other advisory services, but also generate substantial interest as well as build the next big idea (or ideas) thereby creating a whole self-sustaining eco system for the institute thereby creating entrepreneurs/ Restaurateurs and not employees.
After signing the agreement Ekkta Bhargeva said, students are very creative and some of their ideas are excellent. If proper guidance and mentoring is given to them their ideas will be unicorn in the coming days. Through this program Better Kitchen will provide knowledge to students to think like entrepreneurs and know how to present their ideas to the investors. We will analyze students’ ideas and take it to the next level to investors so that students can start working on their ideas while studying and by the time they will be passed out from the Institute they will have a running business and instead of looking for a job they will provide jobs to others.
Dr. Dash says, students will benefit in several ways for their overall development during the study through this incubation centre. At any stage of their idea, they will get guidance and mentoring from the professionals in the fields through this incubation centre.
Everest Better Kitchen Culinary Challenge (EverestBKCC) organized for the first time in the city of Bhubaneswar for hospitality students. EverestBKCC is India’s largest and most thrilling culinary challenge for final year hospitality students.
EverestBKCC is a culinary challenge with a distinctive difference. It not only offers a unique platform for budding chefs to exhibit their talent but also provides an ideal springboard to launch their future a great opportunity.
The theme of the challenge is 'Flavours of India' and is conducting its season 4. It aims to create awareness about regional cuisines and to popularize Indian food using Indian spices across the world. The Culinary Challenge was organized at Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Bhubaneswar. EverestBKCC Season 4 is scheduled to be held in 15 cities across India namely Bhopal, Kolkata, Kottayam, Chennai, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Chandigarh, NCR –Noida, Pune, Mumbai, Vadodara, Jaipur, Goa and Nagpur. Winners from all cities will be invited for the Grand Finale in Mumbai on February 17-18, 2023.
The event is supported by Incredible India - Ministry of Tourism, Government of India; Worldchefs; Indian Culinary Forum; Western Chefs’ Association (WICA); Chefs Association of Five Rivers; Chef Association of Garhwal (CAG); Gujarat Culinary Association (GCA); Culinary Forum of Goa, and Hospitality Purchasing Managers’ Forum (HPMF).
Sharada Ghosh, Principal, IHM-Bhubaneswar expressed her views that opportunity knocks to every body’s life and we have to be prepared to grab them. This is the first time in Odisha to host the national level culinary challenge like this and an excellent opportunity for the students to showcase their culinary skills, learn new trends and overcome their weaknesses, she added.
To create awareness and promote the use of millets in daily menus, Millets were given as a secret ingredient for participants to use them in one of the three course menus for competition.
The jury for EverestBKCC Season 4 at Bhubaneswar comprised of Mridul Mandal (Executive Chef, Mayfair Hotels), Amandeep Singh (Executive Chef - Trident), and Sayantan Chakraborty (Executive Chef – Vivanta by Taj). The jury appreciated the uses of ingredients, innovation and presentation by the participating students. They urged the students to take part in such culinary challenges and update their skills.
Ekkta Bhargeva, Publisher of Better Kitchen, shared that the objective of this event is to prepare students for the challenges of their future and to popularize Indian regional food using local ingredients in the form of global cuisine. This challenge provides students a platform to showcase their creative skills and utilize the ingredients in a proper way. The national winner of this competition will get a scholarship of USD 5750/- under USA J1 Chef Exchange Visitor Program while first and second runner-up will get the scholarship worth USD 1000/- and USD750/- respectively along with a year intern placement in USA by EverestBKCC’s International Placement & Study Abroad Partner Wisdom Career &Education, she added.
Winners of EverestBKCC – Best Team from Bhubaneswar was Everest Momo Masala (students of IHM - Bhubaneswar), 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up were Everest Milk Masala (Students of SOA, University) and Everest Tandoori Chicken Masala (students of IHM, Bhubaneswar) respectively.
The title sponsor of the multiple city challenge is Everest Spices. Other partners are Wisdom Career & Education, Chefs Unlimited, and Asahi Kasei.
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Dear Readers,
A warm welcome to the latest edition of Better Kitchen.
You can never go wrong with your culinary instincts. Amazing words and so true! After having associated with the hospitality industry for years, I can vouch for the connection between the sensory impulses and the final product carved with the collective elements of vision, the struggle to give it a reality, and the concluding aftermath-super satiating and close-to-heart. Is this what they call the great effort?
Whatever the terminology, the emotion involved here is unparalleled. Better Kitchens recorded the same fervor, the excitement, the racing of anticipated moments in the Culinary Challenge-Season 3 organized in ten cities. Needless to add, the response to the event was stupendous which saw enviable participation by colleges and students across the concerned cities. It may be safe to say that culinary Season 3 created history in terms of participation of the entities.
The idea was to promote Indian culinary arts including the food in order to prepare the students for the future. With a view to encourage the aspiring culinary fraternity, the national winner was awarded a scholarship worth of USD 5750/-under Chef Scholarship's Exchange Visitor Program (USA J1). That said Better Kitchen's journey towards new realizations refuses to abate.
In other words, we intend to make it bigger than ever and consequently have planned to hold season 4 of the event in 15 cities which speaks for itself.
The current issue covers the interview of Chef Jeevan Singh where he speaks candidly about his culinary journey and shares his experiences on the way. Other than that the issue includes the regular features like news, a homemaker interview, profile, and the usual.
I pen up with the hope that you enjoy this voyage with us and share your valuable feedback at the end of the journey.
Happy reading.
Ekta Bhargava
Managing Editor
Better Kitchen has started a weekly recipe contest on WhatsApp Group - Gourmet Delight with Better Kitchen. The members are home chefs and professional chefs. The recipes contest is open only for the group home chef members. The winning and chefs choice recipes are featured in Better Kitchen website. Five times Winner will get a chance to meet celebrity chef and interact with him/her about the recipe.
The celebrity chef will modify the recipe and give a new twist in the recipe. The modified recipe will also be featured in the Better Kitchen website as well as magazine.
Interested in joining the group? Send an email with your name, email ID, mobile number and city to events@betterkitchen.in
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Better Kitchen Culinary Challenge (BKCC) is India’s largest and most trilling culinary challenge for final year of hospitality students. BKCC is a culinary challenge with a distinctive difference. It not only offers a unique platform for budding chefs to exhibit their talent, and an ideal springboard to launch their future but also provides a great opportunity to showcase brands to target the exclusive audience across India.
Better Kitchen Culinary Challenge Season 4 has begun its exciting competition journey from Bhopal and has completed the journey so far in 9 cities. We will be visiting 6 more cities before the national finale on 17-18 February, 2023 at Mumbai.
Better Kitchen Culinary Challenge Season 4 is supported by Incredible India – Ministry of Tourism, GoI; Worldchefs; Indian Culinary Forum; Western Chefs Association (WICA); Gujarat Culinary Association; Culinary Forum of Goa; Chefs Association of Five Rivers; Chef Association of Garhwal and Hospitality Purchasing Managers’ Forum.
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