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IFEA celebrated its fifth anniversary at Golden glory, Karnavati Club, in July 2022. The event was sponsored by Indi Bites, TGB and Pet Pooja. Manpras Spices was the gifting partner and Magson provided the music. Janshakti Industries also gave gifts on the occasion. Brilliant Bloggers was the Social Media Partner. More than 1000 IFEA members …
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IFEA Father’s Day Cooking Competition at Hy...
A three-day event ending with Father’s Day on 19th June 2022 was organised in association with Sweet & Spicy Cooking Classes by Manisha Gupta. The Parent-and-child cooking competition was an exciting one where fathers or in some cases mothers with their child presented dishes made together at the restaurant. The competition was judged by Chef …
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IFEA Cheese and Dairy Farm Trail
On 5th June 2022, IFEA celebrated World Environment Day with a trip to the village of Sayla which has many initiatives for solar energy generation and the use of gobar gas, handloom, micro-enterprise development, and dairy and agriculture based livelihoods. The trip included a visit to the Panchal Dairy. This dairy now manufactures artisanal cheeses …
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FEA Mother’s Day Celebration at Novotel Ahme...
On 7th June 2022, the eve of Mother’s Day, FEA and SNS Cookery Club organised a full-day Mother’s Day Celebration at Novotel Ahmedabad. Nutrition Discussion A panel discussion on nutrition for school-aged children was moderated by nutritionist Manisha Gupta, SNS. Dr Hemant Menghani, Pediatric Haemato Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant specialist, spoke about the …
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Ami Kothari of Dining Couture conducted a lesson in table styling at The Gourmet Lab. The workshop was in association with IexperienceFEA, and many members attended. She talks about her of table styling in this article. Photos: Avinash Talluri Location: The Leela Goa To offer a memorable dining experience taste is extremely important, but …
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Food Festival of Women Chefs 2.0
Following the success of the Food Festival of Women Chefs in 2020, FEA decided to hold a food festival in March 2022. The second edition of the Food Festival of Women Chefs was held at Sports Club from the 4th to the 6th March 2022. The exhibitors included 30 home-based women entrepreneurs who exhibited their …
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Videography Workshop for Home Chefs
FEA collaborated with ‘Sashakt Foundation’ for The YouTube Entrepreneur Program sponsored by ‘Gujarat CSR Authority’. The free program Is designed keeping in mind the need of home chefs and small café owners to help them develop their knowledge of the digital medium of promotion and their videography skills. About 28 members joined the program to …
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FEA and Manpras Cooking Challenge
Manpras Blended Spices was launched by Hrishikesh Food Products Pvt. Ltd on International Chef Day with a cooking competition organised by FEA. For the competition, 11 home chefs of Ahmedabad were picked for the competition. Hampers with chaat masala, sabji masala, pav bhaji masala and kitchen king masala were sent to each participant to create …
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Following the Lockdown, FEA started a series of recipe contests which got an excellent response. What was heart-warming was seeing children participate. 12-year old Radhika Mulchandani participated with Strawberry Coffee Jelly in the Cooking with Coffee Contest. 14-year old Saanj Khilnani participated with Nescafe Islands in the Cooking with Coffee Contest. 13-year old Neev Dharmesh Mehta …
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Kabhi B is a bakery manufacturer with a retail chain in Ahmedabad, and a presence in other cities of Gujarat and Rajasthan as well. The USP of the Kabhi B stores is that they offer the shopper a range of products at each location – breads, chocolates, pastries, cakes, cookies, kharis, toasts, puffs, muffins and …
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Lohri and Makar Sankrati Food Festival in Ahmedaba...
FEA has been a catalyst for collaborations between home chefs and restaurants or hotels for food festivals. Mridu Parikh talks about the Amritsari and Ludhianvi Food Festival at The Green House, and the Lohri and Makar Sankranti Festival at Turquoise Villa. Do you think such food festivals can support home chefs? It was an experience …
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From 1992, I have written extensively about the food and hospitality industry. The Food Service Sector has always impressed me with the kind of employment it generates at all levels from semi-skilled workers to professionals.
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