National Level Chef Competition and Hotel Ability Test in association with Taj Group Hotels at Christ college, Bangalore- 2012

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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Republic of (Free-Press-Release.com) February 14, 2012 -- An understatement to describe the much awaited win at the 17th annual Christ college Chef and HAT competition 2012 held on 10th &11th February, and organized by the Taj group of hotels,Bangalore. The competition saw the top colleges of south India compete neck to neck for the winning titles and the champion of champions’ trophy. The Culinary Academy of India,Hyderabad was represented by Anjani Rahul and Gulshan Sharma of Final year for the Chef Competition and Arshdeep Singh of Final Year and Vaniya Sahai of First Year for the HAT..

The preliminary rounds of the Chef and HAT competitions were held on 10th February, 2011. The chefs competed for the micro-regional, Indian category.CAI entered the category with Lambadi cuisine with an authentic display and the serving the main dish Methakai pulusu with appropriate accompaniments. The judges were dazzled by the uniqueness and elaborate study made on the cuisine and eating habits of this community. The HAT team meanwhile went through a series of elimination rounds: starting with a written quiz followed by the extempore round where the teams had to face challenging topics like ‘eau de vie’ and pigs in a blanket. This was followed by the team members separately going for a case study presentation, stress interview and then followed by again, one team member giving a (psychological) managerial ability test. The day ended with the top six teams being qualified for the final round to be conducted the next day. Each of the shortlisted teams was given topics for a project launch presentation the next morning.

The last day of the competition saw the chef team competing in the continental pre-budgeted three course menu competition, followed by a culinary quiz. The HAT team took part in a product launch presentation with people from the industry judging the participants on their marketing ability. This was later followed by an oral quiz to decide the final winners. The product launch topic for CAI was snoring strips where they opened with a hilarious skit, with a snoring audience and then presented an elaborate marketing plan, packaging, and pamphlets. The standard of the presentation gave CAI the edge over the other teams with the winning lead. Meanwhile, the chef team dazzled the judges with an innovative amuse bouche, and the award winning main course and dessert thus sealing their fates in the winners’ envelope.
The team of CAI thus wins the Christ, 17th Annual Inter Collegiate CHEF Competition and HAT Competition, and sets the bar high for future competitors. The team was also awarded the OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP and thus making it the only college so far to win all the three coveted trophies.

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