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11 chefs showcase culinary skills
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Saturday, 16 December, 2006, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Bosky Christopher, Mumbai
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mpany in India with a large product portfolio ranging from edible oils to global food brands, in association with Riso Gallo, leading producers of rice in Italy, organised the country's first-of-its-kind 'Risotto Challenge' in Mumbai recently. The mega event witnessed participation of 11 culinary experts from Mumbai's leading five star hotels and Italian restaurants.
Chef Jaydeep Mukherjee from Indigo Delicatessen was awarded The Risotto Challenge winner, who received a grand prize of a return air ticket to Italy, including a training program of at least 2 weeks at the prestigious International Culinary Institute For Foreigners (I.C.I.F.). Chef Rakesh Upadhyay of ITC Grand Central and Amitesh Virdi of Celini restaurant (Grand Hyatt) were jointly adjudged winners of best non-veg risotto. They received a personal Chef's Kit Kitchen Set each.
The Risotto Challenge had received an overwhelming response. Senior chefs from leading hotels like The Ambassador Hotel (Chef Lama), Leela Kempiski (Chef Blaise Elias Pereira), Le Royal Meridien (Chef Navin Kumar), and from some of city's exquisite restaurants like Indigo (Chef Keyur Chandorkar), Salt Water Grill (Chef Gresham Fernandes), Olive Bar & Kitchen (Chef Runa Rajiv Gedam), IVY (Chef Mitesh Rangras) and "Taxi" The fusion Kitchen (Chef Siddharth Vadhavkar) contested for the title through their creative gourmet creations.
The panel of judges consisted of distinguished personalities from the media, corporate and culinary world. Ricardo Preve, Director, Riso Gallo; Sergio Sgambato, Secretary General, Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce; Vikram Doctor, leading food columnist and Rashmi Uday Singh, internationally renowned Food Writer & TV anchor, judged the culinary contest using taste, originality & creativity and presentation of the dishes as the primary parameters.
The contestants displayed their culinary skills in front of a live audience. Among those who graced the occasion included Aleandro Titiunik, export manager, Riso Gallo; Principals and senior representatives of colleges like Institute for Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Sophia College, and Nirmala Niketan College of Home Science.
Risotto is one of the most famous dishes in Italian cuisine. To get the perfect creamy and velvety consistence with the rice cooked 'al dente' or firm to bite, all one needs is the best rice milled under the most perfect conditions. RRO has a tradition of quality since over 100 years, and offer a wide range of world-class products to Indian consumers. RRO now brings another global brand leader to the country, Riso Gallo - Italy's best, selected from the rice fields of Lombardy, the famous Po Valley region - every grain stone milled to preserve all the natural goodness.
Riyad Oomerbhoy, managing director, RRO, said, "RRO has carved a niche for itself in establishing imported food brands in the Indian market. The RRO vision is to offer to the Indian consumer quality products at competitive prices while building brand leadership through effective marketing and distribution. Riso Gallo is RRO's latest addition to its portfolio of global brands. Our main focus will be to provide our consumers with quality food products."
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