Hyatt Hotels India along with SMILE Foundation organized and hosted the 4th edition of the Hyatt Culinary Challenge at Hyatt Hyderabad, Gachibowli, recently. This culinary challenge saw participants from the city’s corporate & social circuit coming together to compete in a cook-off where they were assisted by children from the SMILE Foundation.
Hyatt Hyderabad Gachibowli hosted the semi-finals for the city of Hyderabad on behalf of both the Hyatt hotels in Hyderabad; Park Hyatt Hyderabad and Hyatt Hyderabad Gachibowli followed by the plating and award ceremony.
Falguni Shah, HR head of a leading MNC firm in Hyderabad impressed the judges with her cooking skills and bagged the winner’s trophy of the Hyatt Culinary Challenge 2017, Hyderabad prelims. Ms Shah will compete with the HCC 2017 winners from other cities in the grand finale in Hyatt Regency Chennai this December 2017.
Speaking on the occasion, Harleen Mehta, Vice President Sales Operations, Hyatt South Asia said, “The Hyatt Culinary Challenge is an endeavor to bring together people to celebrate their passion for food and make a difference to the community while doing so. We are delighted with the overwhelming response from the participants both offline and online, and look forward to doing more such events over the years.”
Mr. Gopinath Gopalan, the General Manager of Hyatt Hyderabad Gachibowli mentions “Hyatt Hyderabad Gachibowli is looking forward to this very invigorating evening. We are eagerly waiting to see the creativity, innovation and hidden talents of our corporate participants and at the same time supporting and partnering with the SMILE foundation.”
Commenting on the occasion, Thomas Abraham, General Manager, Park Hyatt Hyderabad, said, “We are extremely excited about the 4th edition of Hyatt Culinary Challenge and we are certain that this event will bring together people to celebrate their passion for food & cooking and also to bring smiles to the faces of the children from SMILE Foundation,”
To emphasize Hyatt’s focus on its rich culinary heritage, Hyatt Hotels in India introduced the “Hyatt Culinary Challenge --people cooking for people” in 2014.
The Hyatt Culinary Challenge was conceptualized as a unique event that will bring together individuals from the corporate realm on a common platform; where they could showcase their culinary expertise and passion for food in an interactive culinary event. Each participant will be paired with a child from the SMILE foundation, Hyatt’s partner NGO in India and they will execute a recipe of their choice for the judges. The corporate winner from each city will compete at the grand finale in Hyatt Regency Chennai this December 2017.
Hyatt India Culinary Challenge preliminary rounds were held across Hyatt Hotels in Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune, today.
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