BWI: Food and Nightlife Magazine Awards - Gourmet Gurus 2012 Honoured True Achievers of the F&B Industry

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Source: Food and Nightlife
Monday, May 14, 2012 11:23 AM IST (05:53 AM GMT)
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Food and Nightlife Magazine Awards - Gourmet Gurus 2012 Honoured True Achievers of the F&B Industry


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, May 14, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- After the astounding success of Gourmet Gurus 2011, Food and Nightlife Magazine proudly announced the second edition of Food and Nightlife Awards - Gourmet Gurus 2012. This edition saw the transformation of the felicitation ceremony to an awards night, wherein Top Chefs, Restaurants and F&B Professionals from Delhi were commemorated in the presence of renowned professionals from the Indian culinary industry alongside the fashion & lifestyle fraternity of the capital. Bollywood star Jimmy Shergill launched the May 12 issue of Food and Nightlife with himself on the cover.

It was a night to honour, recognize, felicitate and applaud the proficient chefs, restaurants and restaurateurs who have excelled in their respective domains and have contributed immensely to the F&B industry.

The evening that was held at EROS Hilton, Nehru Place, New Delhi on 4th May 2012 witnessed the release of a White paper on F&B Industry by Dr. Piyush Kumar Sinha of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in association with Food and Nightlife Magazine. According to Dr. Sinha, "In a fragmented and fast growing market, the enterprise must find the right value for the chosen segment and deliver it consistently rather than being swayed away by the size and growth of the market.

The evening witnessed top chefs, leading restaurateurs and some very important F&B journalists networking with each other. Among those who graced their occasion with their presence were Sumit Goyal, Jimmy Shergill, Taz (Stereo Nation), Dr. Piyush Kumar Sinha, Chef Shaun Kenworthy, Chef Kunal Kapoor, Chef Bakshish Dean, Chef Alessandro Sandrolini, Food & Travel writer Rupali Dean, Ramola Bachchan, Jatin Kochhar and Saransh Goila, among others.

Chef Kunal Kapoor along with Emcee Sonali Gupta kept the crowd enthralled with their impromptu gigs and antics. What more, there were live cooking demos by Master Chef Ajay Chopra and Shaun Kenworthy. Besides this, the live entertainment act by Nizami Bandhu of Rockstar fame mesmerized the crowd with their Sufi tracks. To add to the spice quotient of the evening, Vada-pav flavours and Jhaal Moodi were served, which were specially flown in from Mumbai and Kolkata respectively.

A visibly ecstatic Sumit Goyal, Editor-in-Chief, Food and Nightlife, said, "We at Food and Nightlife are focused and dedicated towards the F&B industry and would like to take up such initiatives in all the major cities of India. I strongly believe that F&B industry has a lot of potential and would be growing at a 100% year on year rate. WE have come to a juncture in the culinary trade, wherein anybody who does good work is recognized not only by patrons but industry stalwarts as well. Gourmet Gurus is one such initiative to motivate the already existing players along with the new ones to define the Indian F&B industry in the years to come."

Please find enclosed the award categories and their respective winners for Gourmet Gurus 2012.

Gourmet Gurus: Award Categories (For Chef's)

-- Best Chef: North Indian Food - Vinod Saini, Master Chef Indian Cuisine, The Leela Palace Delhi
-- Best Chef: Coastal Food - Saneesh Varghese, Amaranta, The Oberoi Gurgaon
-- Best Chef: Modern Indian - Manish Mehrotra, IHC
-- Best Chef: Bakery & Confectionary - Thomas Blanchard, L'Opera
-- Best Chef: Italian Cuisine - Alessandro Sandrolini, Hyatt Regency Delhi
-- Best Chef: International Cuisine - Sabyasachi Gorai, Olive, Delhi
-- Best Chef: Pan Asian Cuisine - Veena Arora, The Imperial Hotel
-- Best Chef: Food Styling - Yutaka Saito, Japanese chef De cuisine, The Leela Palace Delhi
-- Best Chef: Innovations - Bakshish Dean
-- Best chef: Entrepreneur - Ritu Dalmia
-- Best Chef: Fusion - Mickey Bhoite, Le cirque The Leela Palace, New Delhi

Gourmet Gurus: Award Categories (For Restaurant's)

-- Best Restaurant in a 5-star property - Le Cirque, Leela Palace
-- Best Standalone Restaurant - Olive Bar & Kitchen, Mehrauli
-- Best Restaurant: Ambience - Aqua at The Park
-- Best Quick Service Restaurant - Pizza Hut Delivery
-- Best All Day Dining - 24 X 7 at The Lalit
-- Best Bakery and Patisserie - Choko La
-- Best New Restaurant - Megu, Leela Palace
-- Best North Indian - The Dhabas, Claridges
-- Best South Indian - Navaidyam
-- Best Coastal - Zambar
-- Best Sunday Brunch - Bloom, Eros, Hilton (Nehru Place)
-- Best Italian - Diva
-- Best Oriental - China Kitchen, at Hyatt Regency
-- Best Modern Indian - Indian Accent at The Manor

Gourmet Gurus: Award Categories (For Restaurateur's) - Food and Beverage Company of the year - Lite Bite Foods
-- Restaurateur of the year - Amit Burman
-- Hotelier of the year - Priya Paul

BAR TENDER OF THE YEAR - Bittu Limbu Subba (Mixologist at Blue Frog)About Food & Nightlife MagazineStarted in September, 2009, Food and Nightlife Magazine is India's first food and nightlife magazine which holistically covers hospitality, F&B industry, events, restaurants, clubs, page 3 parties and lifestyle. With an informative, yet entertaining write ups, it makes for a comprehensive read for the urban audiences. It not only keeps a close connect with the readers but also with the F&B industry which it renders, with immense accuracy.

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