Workshop with Culinary Leaders Held on 6th Sept 2013
Online, September 25, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Professional education institutions must create common platforms for practitioners and academicians to debate on aspects which matter to them and the society. As an academic institution of higher learning, IIMT organized a Roundtable for Culinary Leaders to debate inputs on key opportunities and challenges in the area of culinary education in India. The workshop was organized on Friday, 6th September, 2013 at Radisson Blu Plaza, New Delhi.
The attendees included representation from leading hotel brands like IHG, Hilton, Radisson, Park Plaza, Marriott, Sarovar Hotels and the top mba institutes in Delhi . The leading Chefs of Culinary world as Chef Bakshish Dean, Chef Rakesh Sethi, Mr. Kapil Chandhok actively participated to make this event a success.
Many revealing issues were identified and explored through effective contribution by an experienced pool of Chefs. A passionate researcher Dr. Vinnie Jauhari, Director-IIMT and Prof. Sandeep Munjal, Associate Dean-IIMT moderated the discussion on following key areas.
1. Understanding the ongoing Contemporary Culinary Trends and their growth and popularity in the market.
2. Challenges around human resource recruitment, retention and training in the culinary domain. How these challenges can be overcome and the solutions to them.
3. Analyzing existing culinary focus programs, their nature and their acceptance.
4. Evaluation of existing curriculum and training approaches and recommendations for improvement. These will help all in the long run.
5. Sharing Sustainable Culinary practices across different context by experts present.
IIMT is among the top hotel management colleges in India and aims to tabulate & analyze and present the discussion in a formal structure to the entire fraternity including educators and practitioners to contribute to the much needed change in culinary education."Such workshops are not only for the betterment of the receivers but also the givers.