31st July 2025 | The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, Delhi

Thank you for making the Food Connoisseurs India Awards 2025 – National Edition a Grand Success!

Meet the Notable

F&B Industry Stalwarts

PADMA SHREE AWARDEE DR. PUSHPESH PANT

Indian Academician, Food Critic and Historian

CHEF HEMANT OBEROI

Founder, OB Hospitality & Hemant Oberoi Hospitality; Founder, Michelin Selection Martabaan by Hemant Oberoi, One Toque by Gault&Millau

dr. chef manjit gill

President, IFCA; Managing Director, Eco Green Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.

ZORAWAR KALRA

Founder &
Managing Director,
Massive Restaurants Pvt. Ltd

CHEF KUNAL KAPUR

Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Personality, Judge (MasterChef India), Author & Food Researcher

CHEF DAVINDER KUMAR

Vice President, Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi & President, Indian Culinary Forum

CHEF HARPAL SINGH SOKHI

Celebrity Chef,
Coach & Restauranter

Chef Manish Mehrotra

Chef & Culinary Director of Indian Accent Restaurants

CHEF AJAY CHOPRA

Chefpreneur, Restaurateur, Consultant & Judge (MasterChef India)

SHATBHI BASU

Creative Consultants & STIR Academy of Bartending

Chef Montu Saini

Executive Chef – ITDC- Parliament House, Sr. Executive Chef – President’s Secretariat (June 2015 – August 2020), Former Member To Le Club Des Chefs Des Chefs (CCC) (Since June 2015), CCC – Club of Personal Chefs of Heads of States & The World’s Most Exclusive Gastronomic Society

CHEF KOUSHIK S.

Chef, Founder, Eatitude Consultants, MasterChef Tamil Judge & TEDx Speaker

Rahul Narvekar

Founder CEO, The India Network, Startup Studio & India Angel Fund

Dr. (Chef) K Thiru

The School of Hospitality Management, Mahindra University

CHEF CHALAPATHI RAO

Cuisine Designer & Partner – Simply South, MasterChef India (Telugu) Judge, TEDx Speaker

CHEF MICHAEL SWAMY

Celebrity Chef & Restaurateur, Food Stylist, Author

CHEF GAUTAM MEHRISHI

Corporate Executive Chef, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited

Gurmeet Singh Ahluwalia​

Founder, Sandoz Restaurants Private Limited

CHEF VINEET MANOCHA

President – Culinary at Bikaji Foods International Ltd, The Kachori Story & Author

Harshvardhan Chauhan

Founder & CEO, Tribe Kombucha

Rajathi Kalimuthan

Founder & Managing Director,
Rhythm Natural Mineral Water,
Marvelle Health Care Pvt. Ltd.

Shivnayan Aggarwal

Market Transformation Manager, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Anubhav Sapra

Founder & Foodie-in-Chief, Delhi Food Walks

CHEF SHERRY MEHTA

CEO, The Nomad Foodie, Award winning Chef Restauranteur, F&B Consultant, Food TV Show Judge, Pop-up Specialist

M. Hafees Ahmed

Director, Ambur Star Briyani International Private Limited

Sunita Reddy

Chief Architect, ACME Designers

VINAY BC

Founder and Brewpreneur, Long Boat Brewing Co.; Forbes Business Council Member 2024

ASWIN Thottupurath

Founder & Brand Owner, AsianKatha-Tales Of Taste,
Managing Director, DiJen Foods Pvt. Ltd.