Students of Hotel Management of Lovely Professional University Exhibited Perfect Technical Skills

In order to make students ever-ready for the viable careers in Hotel Industry, the School of Hospitality of Lovely Professional University, organized a Chef Competition through its Department of Hotel Management. It was in regard to International Chefs’ Day. The main objective of establishing this day is to create widespread awareness about the profession in Hotel Industry and for the profession to give back to society through charitable events, culinary competitions and demonstrations. It was also to make students more practical by incorporating latest trends and techniques available than merely getting bookish knowledge.

The competition was divided into two Chef Categories -Senior and Junior. 15 students participated in this competition. This competition was sponsored by Ricela Health Foods Limited. Students used their technical skills to prepare three course menus. Mandeep Singh of BHMCT and Rahul from BSc Hotel management 1st year were declared as winners in Senior and Junior categories respectively. Whereas, Sania from MSc Nutrition & Dietetics and Jaspreet Singh from BHMCT 2nd year were declared runners up.

After inauguration by the senior Dean of the Department, the event began with a small presentation. The Executive Dean of the University, Ms. Rashmi Mittal, made her graceful presence as a Chief Judge to motivate students. Dr Sanjeev Sharma from Ricella and Prof. Subhasini Verma also accompanied in the Panel for Judgment. Appreciating the students’ endeavors, hard work and performance, Ms Mittal said, “In this era, the hospitality industry is vast and very diverse as maximum of daily activities of People are continuously patronizing establishments in this industry. The management of such establishments is very challenging, as managers need to be flexible enough to anticipate and meet a wide variety of needs. And, by creating awareness at this level is a huge and first step towards getting more qualified employees in this field. We need to let the students know that there are jobs in the hotel industry that have a great future for them.”

On this occasion the students of the Department said that they have learnt a lot from this organization. Prizes to the winners were distributed by the Executive Dean Madam. Director General Er. H.R. Singla also gave his valuable presence to motivate students. Closing of the event came out with a small video presentation by Chef Varinder Singh Rana and Chef Karan Berry.