Over 600 Chefs To Display Their Skills And Craftsmanship At The 2025 Culinary Art India Competition

The Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) has introduced the seventeenth Edition of Culinary Art India (CAI) 2025, set to happen alongside the thirty ninth Edition of AAHAR International Fair from 4th to eighth March 2025 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. This occasion guarantees a rare platform for culinary innovation, creativity, {and professional} excellence. With an expanded lineup of 18 competitors classes, Culinary Art India 2025 is predicted to draw over 600 individuals, together with senior and apprentice cooks throughout India, who will compete on an internationally modelled stage. The occasion serves as knowledgeable area for culinary professionals to showcase their expertise, share experiences, and foster worthwhile trade partnerships.

These competitions might be judged by a distinguished panel of the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS)-certified jury members from India and overseas. The Malaysian Culinary Legend Illy Lee Chan Hoong will function the Chairperson of this yr’s jury. Chef Sireesh Saxena and Chef Arvind Rai will oversee the competitors as Organizing Secretaries. This prestigious occasion is delivered to you by the Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) and is being organized by ITPO and Hospitality First, with technical steerage from the ICF.

Designed to check a variety of methods, this yr’s competitors will spotlight sustainability, plant-based delicacies, and trendy plating developments, reflecting the evolving panorama of the culinary world.

The competitors will function 18 classes throughout particular person competitions: creative show, chilly show, and reside competitors. The creative show section will spotlight cooks’ craftsmanship via 3-tier marriage ceremony desserts, creative pastry showpieces, creative bakery showpieces, and fruit and vegetable carving. The chilly show class will concentrate on technical precision and plating expertise with competitions in plated appetizers, petit fours or pralines, three-course dinner set menu – worldwide, plated desserts, and genuine Indian regional delicacies.

The reside competitors will take a look at cooks’ pace and creativity in real-time culinary challenges, together with Contemporary Sushi Platter, a two-course reside cooking problem in 1 hour half-hour, and a 45-minute rice dish competitors open to all. Additional classes embody a cooking problem for college students and apprentices, egg benedict,  chocolate mania, cake adorning – costume the cake, mocktails competitors, and a reside sandwich making competitors. With 18 numerous competitors classes, Culinary Art India 2025 stays a defining platform for cooks to push artistic boundaries and set new requirements of excellence within the culinary trade.

Event Details:

• Venue: First-Floor,Hall Number 1,Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
• Time: 10:00 AM onwards
• Dates: March 4th to March eighth, 2025