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CULINARY COMPETITION 2024
Sharpen your knives and prepare your stations to compete for a spot at the winners’ table.
We’re inviting all professional chefs, culinary students, and home cooks for the ultimate culinary competition at École Ducasse India.
Competitors shall be rated on the quality and flavour of their prepared items, as well as their organisation, knife skills, cooking techniques, creative presentation and food-safety practices.
Winners will take home exciting prizes from our sponsors and a certificate from École Ducasse ISH Gurugram. All participants shall also receive a gift hamper and a certificate from our institute!
Registration is now closed. Participants who have successfully registered for the events are invited to join us from February 10-12th at 10:30 AM onwards for the competition.
Competitions for Students
Open to all culinary and pastry arts students on 10th February 2024 at the ISH Campus
Event 101
Event 102
Event 103
Event 104
Event 105
- The display must consist of an appetizer, main course, and dessert with appropriate garnish. The 3 courses must be prepared in advance and finished, plated & presented during the competition.
- The participants can bring their pre-prepped mise en place to the venue. The final cooking, finishing, plating & presentation must be done at the venue.
- Assembly and set-up to be executed within a time limit of 1.5 hours.
- It is mandatory to have one dish prepared from Millets.
- Menu to be displayed.
- In this category, participants should produce 2 Mocktails or 1 mocktail and 1 cocktail within 15 minutes
- One portion of Mocktails must be garnished for presentation and the other must be served in 3 small glasses for tasting with garnishing / dressing.
- The participant must bring all beverages, garnishes, glassware, and necessary equipment.
- The recipe of the Mocktails must be forwarded along with the exhibit.
- No LOGOS or any such identification marks of the hotel of the Participants are allowed to be displayed in any of the live presentations.
- Organizers reserve the right to disqualify any participant who does not obey the rules specified
- 4 desserts (2 hot & 2 cold) presented cold for one person with an eggless dessert being mandatory, suitable for a la carte service.
- Participants can get the preparations to the venue and will be given 1 hour to finish, plate & present the final dish.
Dress The Cake (Live)
- The competitors will get 2 hours to complete the dressing of the cake.
- A theme or name must be given.
- Cake base (board) should not exceed more than 12 inches and it must be covered with suitable medium or ribbons.
- Cakes can be any shape or multiple tiers and any design.
- Competitors are allowed to bring pre-mixed fillings, sauces, and coatings.
- No pre-modeled materials are allowed i.e., Flowers, Chocolate pieces, Marzipan, or plastic decorations. Competitors will have to bring their own working tools.
- Recipe required to be displayed.
- Cake will be cut for tasting.
- A student needs to prepare 1 dish of his/her choice. It can be sweet or savory.
- Participants can get the preparations to the venue and will be given 1 hour to finish, plate & present the final dish.
- One of the parents can assist the student or assistance will be provided (if required).
Competitions for Home Cooks & Bakers
Open to passionate home cooks and home bakers on 11th February 2024 at the ISH Campus
Event 201
Event 202
Event 203
- To prepare and present within 60 minutes, one grandma’s recipe for 2 persons, any style. The dish must be presented on 2 individual plates with or without appropriate garnishes. 1 (one) Plate for display & 1 (one) plate for judging
- The participant must bring utensils and display plates and all small equipment.
- The participant must bring in all the ingredients, Rolling, Stuffing, trussing etc. can be done prior. All sauces and gravies to be made at the venue live.
- Un seasoned base stocks are allowed. Vegetables can be brought in peeled form; no processing is allowed.
- All ingredients will be checked by the judges prior to the commencement of cooking. Judges reserve the right to disqualify the participant if the ingredients are deemed to be unfit for consumption.
- This category will be a team challenge, where 1 participant will be a parent and the other participant will be their child.
- The open pantry will be provided which will be comprised of vegetables, fruits, herbs & spices and all other ingredients, of which the team will have to prepare 2 dishes for 2 people, any style, within a time duration of 60 minutes allocated.
- The dish must be presented on 2 individual plates with appropriate garnishes. 1 (one) Plate for display & 1 (one) plate for judging.
- The participant must bring utensils and display plates and all small equipment.
- 2 desserts or 2 sweets need to be prepared by the participant within a span of 60 minutes.
- 2 portions of each are required (1 for the display & 1 for judging).
- The pre preparations can be brought to the venue, but the final cooking, finishing, plating & presentations need to be done at the venue during the competition.
Competition for Professional Chefs
Open to pro chefs from hotels, restaurants, cafes and other F&B operations on 12th February 2024 at the ISH Campus
Event 301
Event 302
Event 303
Event 304
Event 305
- The participant will be provided a mystery box, of which they will prepare 3 dishes of their choice (soup, salad, starter, main course, or dessert) within a duration of 90 minutes.
- There will be a common open pantry provided.
- If there is any specific ingredient required, participant can bring along, but it will be part of the open pantry and will be allowed to others as well.
- The utensils & small equipment must be brought by the participants.
- 1 station with 4 gas burners, sink & working station will be provided individually to each participant.
- The display must consist of an appetizer, main course, and dessert with appropriate garnish. The 3 courses must be prepared in advance and finished, plated & presented during the competition.
- The participants can bring their pre-prepped mise en place to the venue. The final cooking, finishing, plating & presentation must be done at the venue.
- Assembly and set-up to be executed within a time limit of 1.5 hours.
- It is mandatory to have one dish prepared from Millets.
- Menu to be displayed.
- 4 desserts (2 hot & 2 cold) presented cold for one person with an eggless dessert being mandatory, suitable for a la carte service.
- Participants can get the preparations to the venue and will be given 1 hour to finish, plate & present the final dish.
- In this group it is required to display a showpiece of bread dough and 12 types of breads.
- The bread showpiece should be 100% edible, without any non- edible support with wires, wooden sticks, etc.
- The showpiece & breads need to be brought by the participant to the venue.
- Participants will get 60 minutes to set up the display table.
- 12 types of breads are:
- 1 gluten free (200-300 grms)
- 1 millet bread (200-300 grms)
- 2 decorative breads (200-300 grms each)
- 2 Mediterranean breads (50-100 grms)
- 3 types of dinner rolls (3 pcs each)
- 3 types of breakfast pastries (3 pcs each)
- No use of margarine is allowed.
- In this category the cake may be of any shape and design with some theme
- Participants will have to bring a piece of cake separately used inside the main cakes for tasting.
- Assembly and set-up to be executed within a time limit of 60 minutes.
- No fresh or artificial flowers are allowed, the flower wires should not be visible and covered with flower tape.
- The showpiece can be made from chocolate, edible clay, fondant, etc.
- No restrictions on height.
Rules & Regulations
Note: Participants are advised not to use beef and pork at the venue or during the competition.
- An individual competitor can participate in as many classes as he/she wishes but he/she is restricted to one entry in any one class.
- No change of class will be allowed after the closing date of entries. In case of cancellation of participation due to unforeseen circumstances, the organizers should be notified immediately.
- Competitors, please note that entries will be disqualified if the complete display is not kept within the space limit specified in the category of class.
- Competitors must ensure that no name/logo of his/her organization is visible to judges during competition.
- Competitors must ensure that no uniform or chef cap of his organization is visible to judges during judging.
- The organizers will not be held responsible whatsoever for any damage to exhibits, loss of equipment or utensils by the competitors.
- The organizers reserve the right to rescind, modify or add on to any of the above rules and conditions and their interpretation will be final. They also reserve the right to limit the number of entries per class or cancel any class, should there be a need to do so.
- The organizers, while taking all reasonable precautions, shall not under any circumstances be held liable or responsible for the loss or damage of any exhibits, goods, or personal effects.
- No committee member, member or any chef will be allowed to intervene during judging. No appeals will be entertained; the judge’s decision is final, and no changes will he make after final results are issued.
- Co-operate with the organizers and officials at all times. They are there to help you and ensure that the Culinary Fest 2023 runs smoothly.
- Judging of prepared dishes with an assessment of the recipe. Make sure to place the recipe by the side of the display.
- Keep your written descriptions as clear as possible without losing clarity. You are allowed to have someone else do the written description for you. No points will be given for writing/displaying of menus/ table set-up/ Props/ descriptions / recipes. The method of cooking should be clearly specified and displayed beside each dish/preparation.
- 2 sets of recipes should be provided for the competition. Failure to do so would result in disqualification.
- Each competitor must provide his own supporting materials and base. He/ She also must ensure his/her creation can be moved to the judging area, when his/her time limit is up.
- Each competitor has to bring his own raw and unprocessed commodities for live cooking competition, which will be inspected prior to the competition, to ensure that no preparatory work has been done.
- Competitors who are in doubt of the interpretation of the criteria/ rules and regulations are advised to contact:
How to Register
- Entry forms can be found within.
- Registration fee is Rs. 250/- per participant irrespective of the number of events that you wish to participate in
- The registration fee is non-refundable.
- Our categories are very specific, and a change is not allowed.
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Open for various categories:
- 10th February - Students from various schools and colleges.
- 11th February - Home Bakers & Home Cooks.
- 12th February – Industry Professionals.
- Acceptance of entries is on a first come-first-serve basis. There are limited seats to allow us to do justice to the competition. Submission of a completed entry form means acceptance to abide by the Rules and Regulations.
- Every competitor must submit the RECIPE card (hard copy). 2 hard copies to be brought along on the day of the competition.
- No change of category, for whatever reason, will be allowed once the application has been accepted.
- Competitors will receive a communication when the entry deadline is reached.
- Please photocopy if extra entry forms are needed.
The last day of registration is 7th February 2023.
ALL COMPETITORS CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE CONFIRMATION OF THEIR ENTRIES BY 8th February 2023.