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 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 K. Thiru
Founding Dean,
The School of Hospitality Management,
Mahindra University

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