Cookery League by Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Ranchi

Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Ranchi is an Autonomous Institution of Government of Jharkhand established in 2019. The Institute has been set up with joint assistance from the Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India and Department of Tourism, Govt. of Jharkhand with a view to provide quality education and develop. IHM Ranchi is the First and only Hotel Management Institute of Jharkhand which affiliated by National Council for Hotel Management Catering Technology (NCHMCT), Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India.

The Institute is currently offering four different demand-driven courses in core hospitality operations. The SIHM currently operates from a beautiful building in an Environment friendly location on the outskirts of Ranchi town in Brambe. During the Covid-19 Lockdown, the Institute has not left any stone unturned to keep their students spirit high by starting online cookery league for them and to share their mother’s secrete recipe, with the dual purpose of making realize the importance of mother in one’s life.

There were certain parameters for the judgment of the dish like,

a. Choice of ingredients used

b. Method of cooking

c. Explanation of dish during cooking

d. Plating and presentation

e. Innovation of new dish

f. Social media likes

Almost all the students of the institute participated in the online cookery league. A total of 26 videos were received through official email, and few were rejected too because of not fulfilling the criteria. The videos shared on social media were liked and shared by the viewers.

The winner of this cookery league was Miss Simran Shruti, the student of Food Production Diploma course and the runner was Miss Kanu Priya First year B.Sc. in H &HA student.

Winners will be awarded with gifts and certificates once College reopens. Such more cookery leagues will be held in the coming future to keep students of all the IHMs motivated and engaged during Lockdown.