67 countries, 67 top student chefs to battle it out for World’s
Biggest Honour for Culinary Students - Young Chef Olympiad 2016
Food is the biggest unifier of the
students of the world and this will be manifested at the global student
cook-off. The 2nd edition of the Young Chef
Olympiad (YCO) organized by India's
largest hotel school chain, International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) and supported by the Ministry of
Tourism, Govt of India, will be held from 27th January 2016 to 1st February
2016 across the 4 cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata.
The second edition of the Young Chef
Olympiad (YCO) is a platform to
connect young chefs globally and
build bridges for talent in this field across borders. It also aims at blending
culinary cultures and making it an integral part of the participant’s lives.
Supporting this thought, Dr. Suborno
Bose, Chairman of the Young Chef Olympiad & CEO- IIHM said, “The
intention is to scale up every year and globally reach out to as many countries
as possible for the culinary event. Food has always been the biggest unifier
and continues to be so in today's day and age. YCO has connected talent across
borders from the best culinary colleges under one roof making it a truly global
event.”
YCO will play host to over 67
countries in India for the much awaited culinary competition that will be
spread across 6 days and 4 cities as the participating culinary students
contest for the grand title and a cash prize of $10,000. Each country will be
sending in their best student chef along with their chef mentors to compete for
the winning honor. This year the YCO will see the best of the culinary art students
from England,
France, Malaysia, China, Switzerland, Australia, USA, Spain, Sweden, Honk Kong,
Canada and more.
Starting with a grand opening
ceremony on 27th Jan 2016 at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New Delhi where the
biggest culinary heats of the planets will take place; it will be followed by
cook-off in all the four cities culminating into a Grand Finale to be held in Kolkata on 1st
February, 2016.
Commenting on the YCO, Dr. Suborno Bose, Chairman of the Young Chef
Olympiad & CEO- IIHM further added, “The main objective of the Young Chef Olympiad is to produce world
class international chefs every year. Connecting the students from India with
world class chefs from across the globe will not only bridge bonds but will
also lay foundations of a global connect that will go a long way in each of
their careers. The YCO will not only
produce and refine the best talent amongst the young chefs but will also give
the young talent a platform to learn, teach, showcase and network with the best
culinary schools worldwide. This year it is going to be bigger and we intend to
keep innovating and adding more nations to our list of participants every
year.”
Dr. Lalit K.Panwar, Ex-Secretary,
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, also added, “With the
rapid expansion of tourism and hospitality industry the requirement of skilled
manpower is constantly increasing. I hope the Institute will continue working
with its clear vision - mission framework for providing high quality trained
manpower for meeting the needs of the hospitality sector. I convey my best
wishes to the Institute for organizing such an International event and putting
India on the culinary map of the world.”
Professor
David Foskett, Head London School of Hospitality Tourism, University of West
London, UK London also remarked,
"Fantastic event! IIHM is a world
class leader in Hospitality and the YCO is a remarkable achievement. The YCO is
an excellent platform for young chefs from across the world to not only compete
to be the best but also network and be introduced to different cuisines,
especially Indian. It will enhance culinary knowledge and will bring food to
the forefront along with new and inventive culinary styles and practices. We
look forward to discovering new talent and dishes that are put together by
young creative culinary minds from across the country.”
The Jury from around the world will
travel along with the teams to choose and crown the winner. Renowned names on
the judge’s panel for the 2nd edition of YCO include Chef Eric Neo - President of the
Singapore Chef Association and Executive Chef of Intercontinental Singapore,
Chef
Kunal Kapur - Indian Celebrity Chef and Ms. Karen Anand - Indian Celebrity
Food Critic among many more.
The event will also see the presence
of brands like Hyatt Hotels, ITC Hotels, Leela Hotels, Swissotel, Novotel as
the Hospitality partners along with other brand sponsors.
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