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-B Swaminathan (publisher@chefbharath.com) Mumbai: Mumbai based Fabrinox Potnis is a leading player selling washing solutions like sync, washbasins, innovative washing solutions that minimize the human contacts and more. With more COVID-19 related discussions are in place, restaurants are likely to make hand-wash compulsory. “For the past four years, there has been an increasing awareness of hygiene in most of the facilities where food has been processed or made due to the strict HACCP norms introduced by FSSAI. At this juncture where COVID-19 has terrorized everyone, hand washing is one of the ways that one can protect oneself and also others.”,…
-B Swaminathan (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) When the nationwide lockdown was announced, dine-in restaurants were asked to close shop and only allow take away or home delivery which has left them to have their own team to fulfill last-mile delivery or be available on food aggregators such as Swiggy and Zomato. The other option would be to have their own branded online presence in a quick span of time and tying up for logistics. In the current highly-competitive environment chefs and hoteliers should create the right first impression potential guests enter their restaurant physically or digitally. The digital presence of the restaurants includes…
-CB News Desk (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) Mumbai: India Food Network (IFN), India’s oldest and largest digital food network, in collaboration with Reliance Fresh supermarket, successfully concluded the country’s first-ever live virtual cooking reality show, the “Live Lockdown Cooking Show”. The unique aspect of this live broadcast was the fact it was a simultaneous live stream from two kitchens giving the viewer an experience of an actual live cook-along show, made even more relevant during times of a lockdown. The 5-episode series from April 10-14, 2020 saw Chef Amrita interacting live with homemakers, professional culinary experts, and even young students over delicious home-made food recipes,…
-CB News Desk (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) Mumbai: Leading food delivery and table-booking player, Zomato India, in an idea to reduce the human contact between the hoteliers and guests, has introduced a contact-less dining option for the post-lock period in India. According to their blog post, the contactless dining minimizes customer contact with anything that someone else might have touched – by eliminating the use of high-touch elements at restaurants. Imagine a full-stack tech-enabled dining experience, but with the least risk to health and safety. Contactless Dining will have the following components – Contactless menu – scan a QR code on the table to…
-CB News Desk (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) Bengaluru: GRB Dairy Foods, a well-known FMCG company, has come forward to support the fight against coronavirus by contributing Rs 25 lakh for Karnataka state government’s CM Relief Fund COVID-19. The company which has presence across India and overseas markets plans to further contribute to the people of Karnataka in many other possible ways. Food kits with essential groceries worth Rs. 20 lakh is also being distributed in Karnataka by GRB Dairy Foods. The contents of food kits consist of essential items that include – rice, dal, sugar, salt, chili powder, turmeric powder, and sambar powder. Speaking…
-CT News Desk (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) Mumbai, April 15: Maharashtra Govt. had earlier in March announced a hike of 15% on the renewal of excise license for the year 2020-21. This was opposed by all trade bodies in the Food Service sector and a request was made to roll it back considering the precarious situation of the business in the wake of lockdown necessitated by COVID-19. This was regretfully not accepted by the Government and no relief was offered to the beleaguered industry in this regard. In its latest circular dated 13th April, the Maharashtra State Excise Department has now offered not to charge…
B Swaminathan (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) Rajratna executive is one of the most popular hotels located near Chakan on Pune – Nashik Highway. The property is getting a facelift and the restaurant is investing on kitchen, food and beverages and bar. In an exclusive chat with Nisha Walunj, Manasing Director, RajRatna, speaks on revamp of the property with authentic maharastrian style food. What are the key differences in food and business aspects between a restaurant in the city and highway? The main difference between a city restaurant and a highway restaurant is that there are no specific timings for the guests. The restaurant…
B Swaminathan (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) Karann Talwar, the owner, and founder, Kitchen Kraft Luxury Catering, forays to the exact need for a luxurious fine dining experience. Associated with Bukhara restaurant, ITC Maurya Sheraton for over 7 years as Sous Chef, he mastered the basics of Indian cuisine . Also been associated with leading hotel chains like Taj, Oberoi, Hyatt, Carnival Cruise (USA), Seabourn Luxury (USA), Karann now foresees to carry forward the drift of Progressive Indian Cuisine. He speaks on the science and economics of luxury catering in India. Please explain the culinary algorithm called the pre-plated food experience offered by Kitchen…
-CB News Desk (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) Delhi: With the lockdown of restaurants and bars across India to maintain social distancing, several thousand members of the hospitality community have been severely affected financially. Beam Suntory India is partnering with the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), the largest restaurant body in the country, to pledge support of INR 1 Crore which will be used to provide relief to its member restaurants and their employees affected due to this lockdown. NRAI has wholeheartedly welcomed the move and expressed gratitude towards the leadership team of Beam Suntory. Beam Suntory, a world leader in premium spirits,…
-Paramita Singh Coronavirus as an epidemic has already caused countries to lockdown for social distancing and prevention of its further spread. It is important to follow basic hygiene but there’s only so much that hand sanitizers can do. Hence, it’s imperative to boost immunity that helps prevent diseases like the fatal coronavirus. Our body has a natural defense mechanism, and immunity and to prevent and fight against a virus such us coronavirus infection. Since it is a virus which has never mutated in human beings before, there is no current solution to it. Therefore, prevention is the best way during…