The fourth season of Cornitos Food Bloggers Meet witnessed some interesting instant recipes being created by food bloggers, who focused on ‘going healthy’ and ‘diet conscious’ as their innovations By Kahini Chakraborty
The concluding day of the 24th edition of the Food Hospitality World (FHW) exhibition, held at MMRDA grounds, Bandra BKC saw eight passionate food bloggers participate in the Cornitos Food Bloggers Meet Season Four. The Food Bloggers Meet was organised by Cornitos every quarter. The theme of 2015 is to create Nachos Canapés by decorating Cornitos Nachos with toppings provided at the venue. Through this, Cornitos products were put to multiple and creative uses which were real attention grabbers. The competition was judged by the famous celebrity chef and winner of MasterChef India Season 2 Shipra Khanna and due recognition was provided to each participant apart from the winners.
Showcasing their culinary skills by creating different kinds of toppings on nachos, ‘going healthy’ and ‘diet conscious’ was the thought process behind their innovations. The participants included: Geetha Sridhar, Jayshree Mehta, Digna Bhasali, Minal Mehta, Sunita Rajwade, Sonal Kumar, Bienu Verma Varghela and Lata Mohandas. Speaking about the aim behind organising the event, Vikram Agarwal, director, GreenDot Health Food (Cornitos) said, “The aim behind organising the Cornitos Food Bloggers event was to bring all food enthusiasts on a common platform with the hospitality sector. It is important for the hospitality sector to give due recognition to the efforts of food bloggers as they spread awareness through their blogs/ videos about new developments in the hospitality sector. Another aim is to popularise Mexican cuisine and healthy snacking in India.”
The first prize was taken by Digna Bhasali, and Sonal Kumar was the first runner up and Geetha Sridhar was the second runner up. Commenting on the contestants’ innovative recipes, Chef Khanna opined, “The Cornitos Food Bloggers Meet is a great idea put forth by the company and the participants have really been innovative in their recipes. India is thinking towards healthy food. Every flavour and dish was different and presented well. For me, the two most important criteria for the selection are flavour and presentation. My message to the aspiring chefs would be that food has no limitations, we just need to open our mind and not bind ourselves to a set pattern of working.” While Agarwal said, “Cornitos believes in reaching out to the masses through interesting and innovative BTL engagements like food bloggers meet, school awareness campaigns and participation in consumer fairs. Cornitos fourth season of Food Bloggers Meet was indeed a great success as all participants enjoyed every moment of this meet,” adding that in the coming months, Cornitos is introducing ‘Pop N Crunch’ range. It is coated green peas in two delectable flavours – Wasabi and Hot and Spicy. Pop N Crunch range is another product range under healthy snacking umbrella after Nacho Crisps. The name Pop N Crunch is given to this range which would cover upcoming nuts and seeds products in international quality and flavours. “We believe in maintaining the pace with the FMCG industry through exotic range of products. The brand has carved a niche among the other players and will continue it in the future by adding premium healthy snacking products in Mexican and Pop N Crunch range,” he mentioned.
