Father’s Day cook off @ Crowne Plaza, Gugaon

July 13, 2017
1,216 Comments

It’s a very proud moment for a
wife when her husband wins the best chef award by eminent judges from the culinary
industry. On the occasion of Father’s day my two lovely friends, Vickrham – Founder
of Food Maniacs and Aditi –  Founder of Ikreate  conceptualized a fun Father’s Day Cook Off in
association with Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon.

The idea behind creating such an
event was to dedicate a day to fathers and what better than cooking their
favorite dish and honoring them.
Once
the thought was seeded, the teams fleshed out the idea in detail and there was
no looking back. People were more than welcoming of the idea and the
contestants for the cook off were selected in no time.
To make the cook off
more exciting and at the same time a serious competition, MasterChef Season 5
Star Siddharth Talwar was invited who along with executive chef Nilesh Dev was
all set to judge the culinary skills of the contestants.
A neat set up complete with
induction stoves, necessary utensils and an interesting market place to choose
ingredients from was set up by the very efficient team of Crowne Plaza. Some
serious rules were set by both the judges to make the competition an unbiased
and healthy one and the points were to be given on presentation, wastage,
cleanliness of works stations and of course taste and innovation of the dish.
All the participants seemed
really excited. A 10-minute time period was given to pick up the ingredients
from the market place with an all-inclusive cooking time of 1 hour.
Surprisingly each and every participant finished cooking and presentation in
stipulated time.
Now came the toughest part for
the judges as each and every dish was better than the other and it was a really
tough choice to select a winner. The overall totals differed only with 1-2
marks and in the end, the judges had to give it away to not one but two people.
To my surprise, my husband, Sandeep
Batra won the title with his lip smacking chicken dish called Gol Mirch Chicken.
Mrs Rita Arora also won the title had prepared an awesome dish Chicken Roulade
were that tasted delicious. While these two were declared winners, others were
equally brilliant in their culinary finesse.
A special prize was given to two
kids, Myeshha and Armaan who amazed the judges by preparing lovely Chicken
Grilled Sandwiches.
The event was culminated with a
high tea session and the participants and bloggers enjoying a chit chat, trying
the participant dishes and some lip smacking snacks from Crowne Plaza’s
kitchen.
Please Like and Share
error
Tags: