The F&B and hospitality industry: sourcing, networking, celebrating at FHW Mumbai 2015
The
24th edition of Food Hospitality World (FHW) 2015 exhibition
kickstarted today at MMRDA grounds, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai.
The three-day exhibition, to be held from January 22-24, 2015, was
inaugurated by Mr. Bharat Malkani, president, Hotel and Restaurant
Association Western India (HRAWI) along with other dignitaries – Mr.
Arvind Shetty, Past President, Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association
(AHAR); Dr Sudhanshu, Deputy General Manager, Agricultural &
Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA); Mohan
Deshpande, Chairman, Hospitality Purchasing Managers Forum (HPMF); Mr. A
K Singh, principal/secretary, Institute of Hotel Management, Catering
Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai; Mr. Bhuvan G M, professor and
principal, Apeejay Institute of Hospitality; Mr. Ravi Rawat, Director-
Operations, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels; Chef Vernon Coelho,
President, Western India Culinary Association (WICA), Mr. Thomas
Zachariah, Vice President, The Indian Express; and Mr. Mehul Lanvers
Shah, Managing Director, Hannover Milano Fairs India Pvt. Ltd.
Speaking
at the inauguration, Malkani, stated, "This year’s FHW exhibition is
larger and well organised than the previous year. We have high
expectations from the new government for the hospitality sector. HRAWI
have made representations at the local, state and the central
government. Last year wasn’t beneficial for the hospitality industry.
This year HRAWI will be focusing on three key areas - education, dealing
with the issue of multiple licencing and policy reform on taxes.”
Reiterating the same, Rawat, stated, “The new government should address
the issue of multiple licensing, also there needs to be a single-window
platform for securing permissions. However, the future of the
hospitality industry looks bright and there seems to be a lot of scope
for development and growth.”
Adding to the same, Singh opined,
"FHW is the right platform for buyers and suppliers to meet and interact
and learn from each other about the latest developments in the
hospitality industry. I think ARR’s in the hospitality industry needs to
increase since it has been constant since the past few years, once it
goes up hotels will be able to adapt more technology. Under the
Hunar-Se-Rozgar-Tak scheme, the ministry of tourism, Government of
India, is planning to train 90,000 students in 2014-15 at IHMs and state
tourism corporations for entry level jobs."
Over the three-day exhibition, FHW 2015 will host various special events including the 9th edition of the Great Indian Culinary Challenge (GICC) in partnership with the Western India Culinary Association.
GICC
2015 powered by celebrated food brands such as: Unilever Food
Solutions, Nestle, Dawaat Basmati Rice and American Pistachios as
‘Ingredient Partners’ and Aura Essentials and Sai Shraddha Hospitality
as ‘Equipment Partners’ opened to a cheering audience of business
visitors who greatly appreciated the live cooking and food
presentations! This is set to continue across the 3 days with around 150
chefs competing live from various leading hotels and hotel management
institutes. The Great Indian Culinary Challenge is a food preparation
competition involving senior and apprentice chefs across India. The
competition provides a professional platform for culinary professionals
from India to showcase their individual and collective skills, learn,
share experiences, partner and network in a competitive environment
& an opportunity for winners to fly to Milan, South Africa to our
international food and hospitality show networks : Tuttofood Milan, FHW
Capetown, Host Milan among several others!
Apart from the GICC,
FHW 2015 will be organising several interesting and engaging events. One
such event would be the Hospitality Think Tank: The GM's Conclave, a
panel discussion to be held on the topic of Effective People Management
in the hospitality sector. This discussion will witness participation
from general managers of leading hotels across western India who will
share their insights on mentoring, team building, manpower shortage,
skill development to name a few. The second panel discussion
'Hospitality Knowledge Exchange: Serving up in Style' will cover
emerging trends in cutlery, crockery, food presentation, tableware, etc.
This discussion will have a mix of restauranteurs, chefs and vendors in
the panel. Another panel discussion, The Power of Purchase organised by
the Hospitality Purchasing Managers Forum, will be a knowledge
initiative that will discuss the role of procurement, its growth,
present and future trends. The final seminar will be organised by AHAR –
on Technological Innovations & Social Media in Hotels. The other
special show features include a Wine-tasting by Pause Wines for the
F&B and media and the celebrated Cornitos Food Bloggers Meet 2015 -
The contest will be judged by Master Chef Shipra Khanna, where
contestants will be challenged to showcase innovative preparations,
toppings and decorations with Cornitos (nachos and decorations provided
at the venue). FHW Mumbai 2015 in partnership with the Food Food Channel
is pleased to feature ‘live cooking’ sessions with celebrated Food Food
chefs : Chef Shantanu Gupte, Chef Shailendra Kekade and Chef Harpal
Singh Sokhi across 3 days!
The
FHW trade show, organised by Global Fairs & Media – a joint venture
between Hannover Milano Fairs India and The Indian Express, presented
exhibitors coming from different segments of the food and hospitality
industry namely F&B, interiors, kitchen equipment, housekeeping,
bakery to name a few. Spread across 10,000 sq mtrs of the MMRDA grounds,
the trade show hosts approximately 250 national and international
brands this time. The trade show aims at providing solutions to various
industry-related problems faced by hoteliers, restaurateurs, facility
managers, prospective students and distributors.
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