2000 Chefs will participate in 20 categories at the 6th Culinary Challenge of South Indian Chef Association tobe held at Chennai Trade Center on September 15, 16, 17 with the approval of the World Association of Chefs’ Societies (WACS).
South Indian Chefs Association SICA President Chef Damu and SICA General Secretary Chef Sheetaram Prasad met the media in this regard at The Park hotel in Nungambakkam, Chennai.
They said that this 6th Edition SICA Culinary Challenge and Exhibition 2023,India’s first WACS endorsed Competition.15th to 17th September 2023 at Chennai Trade center Hall no-1
They said the main objective of the event is to establish a professional platform for culinary professionals in India to showcase their individual and collective skills and to showcase their creative talent in this competition where 2000 culinary professionals will participate.
The primary objective of SICA Culinary Competition and Exhibition 2023 is to establish a professional platform where culinary professionals in the sub-continent region can display their individual and collective skills, creative talent, learn and share best practices, partner and network in a purely collaborative environment.
South India Chef’s Association (SICA) is organizing its 6th edition of the industry’s most premier culinary event, SICA Culinary Challenge and Exhibition 2023 from 15th to 17th September 2023, at the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, on the sidelines of the regional edition of AAHAR International Food Fair 2023, Chennai. This event is supported by ITPO (India Trade Promotion Organization) and TNTPO (Tamil Nadu Trade Promotion Organization).
As a preliminary to this, SICA has already conducted workshops on Pastry Art & Hot Plate Presentation, to impart technical knowledge to approach professional competition. Chef Dimuthu Kumarasinghe Master culinary Trainer from Chefs Guild of Lanka along with his team of 4 expat Chefs from Sri Lanka and Maldives, demonstrated the art of food plating techniques across four location – Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin in August 2023 respectively, where more than 200 professionals and students participated at each location to learn the hands on techniques of approaching competition professionally.
SICA has organized numerous events in the past with wide scale participation to drive all round awareness and excellence in the culinary profession.
Event Highlights
India’s first WACS approved National Competition
WACS approved international jury will judge the competitions
Live Culinary Challenge contest for junior and apprentice Chefs from culinary institutes
3 Live cooking challenges at the Venue
Exclusive Cock tail and Mock tail Competition for Students and Professionals
2 Category of hands on competition for House Keeping professionals
The largest gathering of food and beverage industry professionals – executive chefs, F&B managers, academicians, technocrats and culinary journalists
Grand Award Ceremony on the concluding day of the event at AAHAR to recognize Gold medal winners and felicitate senior chefs and the international jury members and Sponsors.
Participants of over 2000 chefs across south India chapters.
3 International culinary teams from Maldives, Sri-Lanka, Mauritius are competing with national culinary teams.
SICA Chefs Lounge to socially engage and networking with industry leading chefs and professionals.
For making this event a great success, we extend our warm welcome to you and your support in covering the event. This will go a long way to increase awareness and appeal to a wider audience.
More details about the competition & its categories:
SICA member organizations can nominate their employee chefs to participate in numerous competitions at individual and team level.
Competition categories
Individual Artistic display Competition
Individual Cold Display Competition
Practical Live Cooking Competition
Cocktail / Mock tail Competition
Table Cover Display / Layout Contest for 2 persons including wine glasses
The Culinary Team Challenge – Edible Buffet
Housekeeping competitions
Class 1: Three-Tier Wedding Cake
Class 2: Artistic Pastry Showpiece
Class 3: Artistic Bakery Showpiece
Class 4: Fruit & Vegetable Carving
Class 5: Butter / Margarine Sculpture
Individual Cold Display
Class 6: Plated Appetizers
Class 7: Petit Fours or Pralines
Class 8: Three-Course Set Dinner Menu
Class 9: Desserts
Class 10: Authentic Indian Regional Cuisine – Powered by Nestle
Class 11: Cocktail / Mocktail Competition
Class 12: The Culinary Team Challenge – Buffet Competition
Class 13: Table Cover Layout / Display Contest for 2 guests including wine glasses
Class 19: Best creation out of waste
Class 20: Creative Arts for the Rooms
Live Contest Category
Class 14: Live Competition
Class 15: Practical Asian Cooking
Class 16: Dress the Cake
Class 17: Live Innovative Biryani Cooking
Class 18: Creative Skilled Paratha
Participate cousine in competition:
– Skill paratta’s,
– Asian paratta’s
-Live paratta
-Briyani’s
-Millet based briyani
-Chetinad briyani
-Dindigual briyani
-Dress cake competition
Jury Panel (International)
Chef Thomas A.Gugler – President World Chefs Germany
Chef Gerard Mendis – Chairman – Chefs Guild of Lanka
Chef Mooroogun Coopen – President Mauritian Chefs Association
Chef Daniel Schade – President Association of Chefs Germany
Chef Dimuthu Kumarasinghe – Assistant Vice President Food and Beverage – Aitken Spence Hotel
Chef John Sloane – Assistant Senior Vice President – Galaxy Macau,Hong Kong
Chef Mahendran – Executive Sous Chef SATS Singapore
Chef Mariyam Shiuna – Chefs Guild of Maldives
Chef Fathimath Umar – Senior Lecturer Pastry arts Maldives
Chef Abdulla Sabah – Maldives Chef Tilak Senaratne – Chefs Guild of Lanka
Chef Keerthi Hapugasdeniya – Chefs Consultant Australia
Jury Moderator
Chef Baranidharan – Jury Moderator, Founder and CCO – Chefs Imprint
National Jury Panel
Dr.Chef Manjit Singh Gill – Président – IFCA
Chef Vijaya Baskaran – General Secretary – IFCA
Chef Vinod Bhati – Indian Culinary Fédération
Chef Arvind Rai – Exécutive Chef ITC Ashoka, Delhi
Chef Kasi Viswanathan – F&B Director Radisson Blu Atria – Bengaluru
Chef Nimesh Bhatia – Chef Consultant
Chef Vikram udaygiri – Chef Consultant
Chef Mohammed Siddiq – Chef Consultant
Event Dates & Venue :
Live Competition – Class 14
04th September, 2023 at IHM, Tharamani, Chennai
Practical Asian Cooking – Live – Class 15
5th September 2018 at at IHM, Tharamani, Chennai
For Classes 1-13, 16-20
15th, 16th & 17th September, 2023 at Hall No.1,
Chennai Trade Centre
7:00 am onwards
Grand Award Ceremony
18th September, 2023 at Raddisson Blu Hotel GRT
531, GST Road, St Thomas Mount, Chennai
10:00 am onwards
To know more details about competition and membership log on to www.sica.co.in
