Esteemed Jury Members
PADMA SHRI AWARDEE DR. PUSHPESH PANT
Indian Academician, Food Critic & Historian
CHEF HEMANT OBEROI
Founder, OB Hospitality & Hemant Oberoi Hospitality Founder, Michelin Selection Martabaan by Hemant Oberoi, One Toque by Gault&Millau
Rocky Mohan
Ex Executive Director, Mohan Meakin Ltd.
Chairman, Mohan Goldwater Ltd.
Promoter Chef Pin & Gourmet Passport
Author & TV Personality
Rashmi Uday Singh
Author of 40 food books, TV host, conferred the French government’s Chevalier knighthood. Founder of the non-profit global Hospitality Hope
Zorawar Kalra
Founder & Managing Director,
Massive Restaurants Pvt. Ltd.
CHEF KUNAL KAPUR
Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Personality, Judge (MasterChef India), Author & Food Researcher
Chef Davinder Kumar
Vice President,
Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi &
President, Indian Culinary Forum
Chef K. Thiru
Founding Dean,
The School of Hospitality Management,
Mahindra University
Chef Amit Gothwal
Executive Chef, The Ashok Hotel,
Former Executive Chef, President’s Secretariat
CHEF MONTU SAINI
Executive Chef –PHCU,
Sr. Executive Chef – President’s Secretariat
(June 2015 – August 2020),
Former Member Le Club Des Chefs Des Chefs (CCC)
(Since 2015 – 2020 , As special guest in General Assembly Meet in 2023),
CCC – Club Of Personal Chefs Of Heads Of States
& The World’s Most Exclusive Gastronomic Society
Chef Gautam Mehrishi
Corporate Executive Chef,
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited
Arun Kumar Singh
Hospitality Educationist & Consultant
Past Director, FHRAI-IHM, Greater Noida
Retd. Principal, IHM Mumbai, Lucknow & Jodhpur
CHEF KOUSHIK S.
Chef, Founder, Eatitude Consultants, MasterChef Tamil Judge & TEDx Speaker
Chef Suvir Saran
Culinary Director, Avas Wellness |
Author of Tell My Mother I Like Boys
CHEF VANSHIKA BHATIA
Owner & Chef,
Petite Pie Shop & Gram Street Coffee