The gala award night of G Plus Guwahati Food Awards 2019 is all set to take place on March 23 at Vivanta by Taj, Guwahati.
The voting for the awards closed this year with over 1,50,000 votes registered on the website and mobile app. With more than 150 nominations across 25 identified award categories, nominations were received from 68 eateries comprising restaurants, cafes, lounge bars, bakeries and fast food eateries amongst others. Guwahati Food Awards, initiated in the year 2015, steps into its fifth edition this year.
The awards have been arrived at by a multiple phase process that involves nomination filing, voting, food tasting and jury visits. The voting period continued for almost three weeks, while a distinguished jury visited the participants for inspection and reviews. A cumulative score has been calculated through a credible process and the awards in the respective categories shall be announced at the grand awards night which will be a gala affair. The jury members include Chef Faruk Ahmed - winner of GFA Chef of the Year 2016, Dr Geeta Dutta, an ethnic food enthusiast and Aabhishek Bedi Varma, a former chef of Taj Group of Hotels. It is headed by renowned food critic and international culinary judge, Suresh Hinduja, as its Chairman.
Guwahati Food awards also organises an annual baking contest – Bake-off 2019. This was the third season of the “Best Home Baker of the Year.” Contestants prepare items from home and present them to the jury members on the day of the competition. This year’s jury included Kashmiri Barkakati Nath, Food Blogger and Brand Ambassador at EatwithIndia and Chef Sumalya Sarkar Executive Chef at Vivanta by Taj Guwahati. This award shall also be announced during the gala night.
The much awaited awards night will have Cyrus Broacha, TV anchor, theatre personality, comedian, political satirist, columnist, podcaster and author as the chief guest and host for the evening this year.
Organiser of the Guwahati Food Awards and Publisher & Director of G Plus Sunit Jain, said, “Voted by over a lakh of citizens and being judged by the most efficient jury, I am looking to forward to the success of yet another edition of Guwahati Food Awards this year. This initiative is a fantastic celebration of the success of the best in the city’s food industry and receives overwhelming response from the industry every year.”
The Guwahati Food Awards is an initiative of the city’s English weekly G Plus in association with Blender’s Pride Reserve Collection Music CDs. The initiative is supported by Go Cheese, Magik Cook, Asomiya Pratidin, Pratidin Time with Hospitality Partner - Vivanta Guwahati and Outdoor Partner - Outreach Advertising.
