Asan Memorial’s National Seminar Focuses On Achieving Success As Chefs

EH&C Staff - Chennai

The department of hotel and catering management, Asan Memorial College of Arts and Science, Chennai, recently conducted their third annual national seminar, open to final year students of hotel management institutions across India.

A total of 400 final year students participated. 105 of these students were from 24 colleges across India, participated in the seminar. The seminar included a panel of eminent chefs from the Indian Federation of Culinary Association (IFCA), corporate chefs, executive chefs and training managers from reputed hotels who covered a spectrum of topics including tips to achieving success as a chef, the mission and vision of World Association of Cooks and Societies (WACS), motivation and communication skills etc.

Dr C K Revi, president, Asan Memorial Association inaugurated the seminar and delivered the presidential address. Chef Soundararajan, general secretary, Indian Federation of Culinary Association (IFCA) addressed the students and formally launched the IFCA Junior Forum. In addition to this he also conducted a technical session where he briefed students on WACS, its objectives and benefits etc.

Chef N Sheetharaman Prasad, executive chef, GRT Grand Days, Chennai talked about promoting ethnic Indian cuisine at an international level, conducting detailed research on regional Indian cuisine and its ingredients, how to improve the standards of Indian cuisine presentation and how to encourage Indian chefs to participate in international culinary contests. S B Vikram, manager, GRT Group of Hotels explained the significance of communication skills and the levels of motivation required for the chefs to excel in the hotel industry. After this, a panel of chefs addressed the participant’s queries and cleared their doubts about various topics, which was followed by a quiz competition.

The event concluded with the valedictory function where B Hari Kumar, food and beverage manager, GRT Radisson Hotel, Chennai gave away the certificates to the winners.