WGSHA Quest 2016 Open

WGSHA Quest 2016 was declared open on March 10th by Prof. G Parvadhavardhini Principal - Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration Manipal Academy of Higher Education . Profesor said there will be lot of learning, Student Development, Intellectual Exchange and Spirit of Competition. This two days event consist of Restaurant service skills, Globetrotter(travel and tourism documentary making), Culinaire the cooking competition comprises events such as gourmet creation (hot kitchen ), Mithaas (Indian sweet making) and painted platters(plated desserts).

The participating colleges are

• Culinary Academy of India (Hyderabad)
• International Institute of Hotel Management (Bangalore)
• Army Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology(Bangalore)
• St Joseph’s Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology(Kerela)
• PSG College of Arts and Science(Coimbatore)
• Motimahal College of Hotel Management(Mangalore)

The following judges are on the panel this year

• Mr. Sandeep Dhawani - Managing director (Bombay caterers and The Royal Raspi)
• Mr. Marc Sierra-Sommelier (ISG)
• Mr. Astro Mohan-Senior news photographer-Udayavani Daily News (Manipal)
• Ms. Asmita Sarkar-Freelance photographer
• Chef Thomas Zacharias-Executive Chef-The Bombay Canteen(Mumbai)
• Chef Girish Nayak-Corporate Chef-Pastry –Olive café’(India)
• Mr. Prateek Pachhapur-Assistant Manager-Housekeeping(ITC-Gardenia)
• Dr. Vidya Pratap - Associate Professor (TAPMI)
• Dr. Shobha Kamath-Associate Professor, Department of Bio-Chemistry, KMC
• Mr. Sumanth Roche-Excellent Dance Academy(Mangalore)