Nagpur: ‘Catering is not just a profession, but involved science, management, skills, aesthetics and passion’, said Celebrity Chef Vishnu Manohar, at the prize distribution ceremony of novel theme based cookery competition, Swad bhi, Swasthya bhi.
The competition was organised by Ashadeep Nutrition Centre of Apanga Mahila Bal Vikas Sanstha as a part of silver jubilee year celebration. The programme was organised in association with Nutrition Society of India, Nagpur Chapter and Community Development centre, College of Hotel Management. Bhavana Deshpande won the first prize for her multigrain dahivada. She was the winner among 45 entries in students category from 8 colleges. Alpana Muley and Charu Chendke won first and second prize respectively in non-student category.
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3 May 2025
Dr SabihaVali, Dr Jyotsana Patil, Dr Shakti Sharma and Dr Shrilaxmi judged the competition. Dr Pratima Shastri, Dr Renuka Mainde, Dr Smita Vaidya, Professor Prashant Virkhare and Meghana Pandit organised the event. Professor Radha, Convenor NSI, Nagpur-chapter and Dr Thorat, Principal Government Polytechnic also shared the dias. NSI President Dr Rekha Sharma proposed the vote of thanks. It provided a platform for the creativity of chef’s nutritionists and technologists and homemakers using multigrain mixes from Asha deep and dry vegetable powders from Prime solutions.
