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Relish means delightful, flair, delegation and enjoyment. Relish Food festival held in Hyderabad from 31st October 2014 to 2nd November 2014 was an event for all the food enthusiasts, held at the Hitex exhibition centre and managed by its CEO ,Mr.Nageshwar Prasad and Next Events headed by Mr.Anil Arora. Brand CAI or the Culinary Academy of India was the education partner for the event.There were more than 20 restaurants which featured their best recipes at the event. Hyderabad foodies indeed had a lip smacking weekend and we could see with the response it generated. Whirlpool had set up a demo kitchen called as a Chef Theatre in the open lawns. As part of the show there were live demonstrations from Chefs of various star hotels and Brand CAI day and night. Chef Attique, Chef Nihit Chandra, Chef Srikanth and Chef Naveen, senior Chef Instructors of the academy had demonstrated their Culinary talents before a huge crowd. There were also Chefs from The Park Hyderabad, Raddison Blu, Compass and other popular restaurants of Hyderabad that showcased their skillThe entire event was taken to a different dimension with the twist added by Brand CAI in conducting a very challenging and exciting cooking competition for the amateurs called The Great Hyderabad Home Cook Challenge. The competition had two categories- Appetizers and Dessert. There were more than 50 entries in each category and the top five were made to compete with each other live in front of a huge audience. Whirl Pool had announced wonderful prizes worth 1.5 lakhs for the winners. Chef Mandar Sukhtankar, Executive chef, The Park, Celebrity Chef Puneet Mehta, Shanmugam, President of ACP , Chef Sudha kumar Principal, NITHM ,Chef Bomi Patel, COO, BOMPAT Recruiters were the judges for the event. The entire show – The Chefs Theatre and The Great Hyderabad Home Cook Challenge was orchestrated by Chef Akshay Kulkarni, Head of the Department, Brand CAI and winner of the Best Culinary Educator award 2014 by Epicurous Hospitality Awards.
Chef Sudhakar Rao, Director of the institute along with the organizers graced the occasion and gave away the awards to the winners.
Brand CAI was the education partner for the event-Relish Food festival
Chef Mohit- Asst.chef Instructor, Food Production,CAI at the Event
Student of CAI as volunters at the event
Chef Attique explaining the indepth techniques of Indian confectionery
Chef Attique demonstrating the authentic Hyderabai dessert-Double ka meetha to the audience
DOUBLE KA MEETHA
DOUBLE KA MEETHAChef N.Srikanth-N.Srikanth,Lecturer,Pastry & Bakery, Advance Bakery Principles,demonstrating-RED VELVET CUP CAKES
Chef Nihit Chandra- Asst Lecturer, Indian Regional Cuisine Food Production ,cai demostrating the awadi cuisine
Chef nihit with his product-MURGH RAAN
Chef detailing about the dish to the media
Chef Mandar Sukhtankar, Executive chef, The Park, Celebrity Chef Puneet Mehta, Shanmugam, President of ACP , Chef Sudha kumar Principal, NITHM ,Chef Bomi Patel, COO, BOMPAT Recruiters, Chef Akshay Kulkarni-HOD,CAI were the judges
The judges tasting the food prepared by the participants
The Team-Students of CAI at the festival
The winners
The participants with the certificates and awards
Chef Sudhakar Rao, Director ,CAI along with the organizers graced the occasion and gave away the awards to the winners