Day 2
BCIHMCT once again successfully organized the Virtual Chandiwala Hospitality Ensemble, 2020 and the award ceremony was a huge success with winners receiving awards and participants appreciated for their efforts in these unprecedented times. We believe that providing this huge platform to students would enable them to showcase their talent, innovation and skills in the most unique and innovative manner. The spirit of competition so developed will go a long way in enhancing their career prospects in the hospitality industry.
The participants from all across the nation sent their entries through video presentation and a special Youtube channel – BCIHMCT ONLINE was created for the purpose. A major criterion besides the presentation, ingredients, final dish prepared was the element of Youtube Likes for the purpose of judging the winners. It was indeed a tough task but ended up being a learning experience for everyone and more than 1000 subscribers of BCIHMCT ONLINE in just seven days.
So, now we move on to the award ceremony of Chandiwala Hospitality Ensemble, 2020. The ceremony began with the traditional Lamp Lighting by the Hon’ble Chief Guest – Mr Ranjan Banerjee– General manager; Crowne Plaza Okhla and Guest of Honour – Chef Neeraj Tyagi, Director of Culinary, Pullman and Novotel, Aerocity along with Mr R K Bhandari, Principal, BCIHMCT, New Delhi
The presence of all dignitaries not only added unparallel wisdom to the event but also contributed to the warmth and spirit of the event. The Chief Guest, Mr Ranjan Banerjee gave valuable insights which are expected from budding hoteliers in these difficult times. He emphasized that “A professional must learn the art of resilience and perseverance as these two qualities will create the difference now.” Chef Neeraj Tyagi also mentioned the need to be industry-ready and brace challenge as we go forward to delight the five-star customers of today.
After the lamp lighting, our Principal, Mr R.K. Bhandari addressed the gathering and shared his thoughts regarding the challenges faced in conducting the event online, overcoming them and successfully organizing and judging the competition virtually.
Taking into consideration the prevailing pandemic situation and the associated challenges, the event was streamed live on the official Facebook page of BCIHMCT and garnered over 8800 views.
The event continued further with the award facilitation ceremony for the various events conducted online namely - Cornitos Nachos Culinary Challenge, Sehatmand Bhartiya Vyanjan Paak Kala Pratiyogita, Fruit And Vegetable Carving Event, Sunrise Dress The Cake Challenge, Zone Bar Wizard Challenge, Chandiwala Towel Origami Competition, Chandiwala Future Chef Contest And Hospitality Brain Twister.
The winning positions for the CORNITOS NACHOS CULINARY CHALLENGE were bagged by Himanshu Rawat (First Position), Vansh Sapra(First Runner Up) and Shaktik Banerjee (Second Runner Up), BCIHMCT respectively.
The competition was judged by Chef Ajay Sood, Sr. Executive Chef, RK Associates; Chef Sanjay Aggarwal, Founder at Salad Chef, and Chef Nitin Pal Singh, Co-Founder Chef & Consultant, Cook And Bake Academy. The main idea of this competition was to prepare a dish with CORNITOS NACCHOS as the core ingredient.
The SEHATMAND BHARTIYA VYANJAN PAAK KALA PRATIYOGITA award which was given for preparation and plating of lost and hidden traditions of food was adjudicated by Chef Kapil Sahi, Executive Chef Radisson Noida; Chef Mahendra K Khairiya, founder and Director Culinary Mantra and Chef Shailendra Singh, Executive Chef at Four Points. The winning positions were taken by T.Jayitri of IHM Chennai (Winner), Deepa Kumar IHM Gurdaspur (First Runner Up) and Abhimanyu Burman Vedatya Institute (Second Runner up)
THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CARVING was the next event to be judged by the eminent panel of judges. This contest had the competitors beautifully amalgamate their artistic skills and culinary knowledge to carve fruits and/or vegetables to make eye-catchy caricature adhering to the themes of their choice. Chef Prem Kumar Pogakula, Executive Chef, The Imperial and Chef Jitender, Sous Chef, ITDC, The Ashok constituted the panel of judges for this contest. The winners were Andrew Lee Jyth of IHM Chennai, Aditya Mittal -BCIHMCT and Aditya Shrivastava – IHM Gurdaspur respectively.
Adding little elements to a simple cake to make it visually pleasing and give it a tempting look was the challenge that constituted the next event titled, SUNRISE DRESS THE CAKE CHALLENGE. Renowned Chefs from the industry; Chef Vivek Chauhan, Executive Pastry Chef, Le Meridien Hotel, and Chef Tarun Kumar, Corporate Chef, Sunrise Victuals were the Jury for this competition who selected Vaisali N. of IHM Chennai as the Winner followed by Sachin Verma of Vedatya and Sejal Singh of BCIHMCT as runner-ups.
“The greatest accomplishment of a bartender lies in his ability to exactly suit his customer.” Sponsored by Zone, the BAR WIZARD CHALLENGE aimed at providing a platform to the students to showcase their bartending skills. This event was judged by Mr Ganga Bahadur Khatri, Corporate Director, Exotic Celebration Pvt. Ltd, and Mr Ullas Arora, F&B Manager, Crowne Plaza Mayur Vihar. First place was awarded to Satyam Kumar, BCHIMCT followed by first and second runner up, namely, Anshul Sawhney Vedatya Gurugram and Paras Bansal from IHM Gurdaspur.
The winners of CHANDIWALA TOWEL ORIGAMI COMPETITION were selected by Ms Neeraj Sharma, Head Estate Management, Delhi International Airport Limited and Mr Abhishek Lamba, Executive Housekeeper, Carlson Group. The awards for this category were awarded to Simran Passi BCIHMCT as the winner and Aina Sharma IHM Gurdaspur and Rahul Sharma of BCIHMCT as the first and second runner-ups respectively.
The fireless cooking challenge CHANDIWALA FUTURE CHEF CONTEST 2020 was judged by Chef Ravindra Choudhary, Executive Chef, FIO Cookhouse & Bar & Chef Parth Bharti, Executive Chef, Lantern’s Kitchen and Bar & Ohdeli. This contest provided an ideal opportunity for the school students to portray their proficient culinary talent onto a platter. The winning entries included Harshika Arya – Fr. Angel School Vaishali, Prabhat Arya – St. Andrews Sr Scot Secondary School & Avin Sharma from Cygnus World School Vadodara.