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| Akanksha Dean bonding with Michelin star Chef Anita Mu Jiuan lo over dinner. |
‘Rohit
Bal requests the pleasure of your company to a private dinner at Veda,
Connaught Place, with some of the top women Michelin Star Chefs from around the world on the 8th of September 2015, 8.30 pm’
So
if a foodie family gets an invitation like this, what do you do? You confirm
immediately and that’s exactly what I did too!!
THE BACKGROUND
Celebrity
Michelin starred female chefs are in India this September to partake in a new
initiative '40 Girls to 40 Chefs' that goal to support and provide prospects
to underprivileged young women into a livelihood in the food industry. This is
part of Creative Services Support Group's (CSSG) second edge of 2015 fixated on
women empowerment - the Hospitality Training Project (HTP) - to provide them the
chance for a significant vocation in the Hospitality sector. As part of
this program, the young women have been enrolled in a set of culinary courses
at a school in Delhi and will be subsequently employed in the industry through their
partners. And what better way than to have eight of the finest women Michelin
starred chefs from across the globe to come together and not just curate the
most gorgeous and interesting food but, take on the responsibility to
personally supervise, narrate and communicate applied training to the young
girls as they board upon a new expedition in their lives. CSSG has also
received support from the renowned Rohit
Bal and Emmanuel Balayer who
are designing the high profile charity dinners ( the likes of which have never been seen before – a first even on a
global scale ) which will be hosted at the Four Seasons in Mumbai and
The Leela Palace in Delhi. The renowned Opera Group – Divine – who performed at
the Nobel Prize Banquet in Stockholm along with Damien Whitely, have entire
heartedly reinforced the initiative and will be performing at the Dinner together
with a Jazz performance. All in all, a great cause to educate the girls into
becoming the handpicked of chefs at par with some of the best in the
world.
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| Perfect host Rohit Bal with Akanksha Dean |
THE DINNER AT VEDA
The
talented Rohit Bal had worked his magic again to make Veda look special for the
evening replete with ornate Indian flowers and planned soft lighting….and why
not it isn’t every day that you get to host Eight Female Michelin Chefs all
under one roof! - Ana Ros from
Slovenia, Angela Hartnett, Frances
Atkins & Lisa Allen from the UK, Anita
Mu-Jiuan Lo and Carrie Helen Nahabedian from the USA, Lauren Eldridge from
Australia and Sonja Fruhsammer from
Germany…Kudos to Anand & Aditi Kapoor of CSSG.
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| The chefs loved the Indian Food at Veda |
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| Anand and Aditi Kapoor |
It
was a fun evening over conversation, good classical India food and wine,
bonding with the Michelin Star chefs, Rohit
Bal, Alok Aggarwal and his
lovely wife played the perfect host. Also at the event were Ms Priya Paul and Sethu Vaidyanathan,
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| Magandeep Singh |
Magandeep
Singh, Eminent food writer Reshmi
Ray Dasgupta, Chef Bakshish Dean
and the lovely daughter….culinary arts student Akanksha Dean, Kunal Addvant to name a few. The Opera Group #Divine who
performed at the #NobelPeaceBanquet
and Damien Whitely broke into an impromptu performance to thank #RohitBal and his team for a fabulous evening at #Veda…absolutely
Divine performance and a divine ending to the gorgeous evening!
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| Opera Singer from the Divine group and Chef Bakshish Dean |
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| Anand bonding with the Michelin star chefs |
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| Alok Aggarwal and his lovely wife...perfect hosts! |
I
am looking forward to the Formal sit down Charity dinner on the 11th
at The Leela Palace Hotel…an 8-course meal will be specially prepared
by Angela Hartnett from United
Kingdom, Carrie Helen Nahabedian from United
States and Sonja Fruhsammer from Germany
