The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace hosted SuperChefs, a week-long cooking course where youngsters from across the city honed their culinary skills. 25 participants gathered together at the hotel to show-off their culinary expertise in a cook-off during the third week of June. The SuperChefs is held every year at The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace.
The children, in the age group of 9 to 16 years, took part in this fun-filled session of laughter, excitement and general cheer. Each day highlighted a different cuisine, ranging from Italian, Indian, Oriental and Mediterranean to confectionaries. The chefs assisted them in hands-on experience cooking and inspired them to be innovative in their styles of plating.
Some of the dishes taught included Chicken Parmigiana, Palak Anardana Tiki, Hummus, Baba Ganoush, Kung Pao Vegetables, Blueberry Cheesecake, etc. The youth learned the cooking process quickly and prepared these with little variations.
This -long course ended in a competition on 24th June where all participants were allotted teams. Each team of four was given a one-hour time slot to prepare a different set menu that consisted of a three-course meal. The competition began at 10:30 am, with their parents happily moving to and fro observing each table’s style of operation. The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace’s chefs were allotted to each table to assist them and guide them for safety purposes.
A panel of five judges evaluated each team’s dishes based on taste, appearance, cleanliness at their work station and their team names. Chef Rakesh Singh, executive chef of The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace said, “There was an increase in the number of kids participating in this year’s SuperChefs. Each team recreated iconic dishes and showcased their culinary talents beautifully!”
Team Phoenix, which prepared a meal of Falafel with garlic yoghurt, stir fried chicken with vegetable noodles in Kung Pao sauce and Blueberry cheesecake was, declared the winners. Each participant was handed a participation certificate and a box of Westin Hyderabad’s speciality chocolates. The winning team was awarded gold medals while the runner up team got silver medals.
