PCTE - IHM Organises Hospitality Olympics 2016

Ludhiana, January 19, 2016: PCTE Institute of Hotel Management organizes two days long Hospitality Olympics 2016, which shall include various events like Chef Competition, Bed Making competition, Cocktail & Mocktail making competition and Napkin folding competition. Day 1 of Hospitality Olympics 2016 included events like Chef Competition and Bed Making competition where teams from Lovely Professional University, Global Institutes, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, GNA-IMT, IHM-Gurdaspur, and Chitkara participated. They explored Indian and Chinese cuisines in a unique way.

 

Mr. Hitesh Arora from Best Western Hotel, Ms. Supriya from PTU and Ms. Neeru from Dhanda Cooking Classes were the judges of the event.The event was held in the Advance Kitchen of the Hotel Management College. In chef competition 1st position was grabbed by Rahul, Prashant and Karan from CGC, Landran followed by Gaganpreet Kaur, Navalpreet Kaur and Raghav from Global Institute. Third position was achieved by Raj Kumar, Kajal and Harshit from IHM, Gurdaspur.

 

In bed making competition First Position was grabbed by Minakshi from GNA University followed by Saurabh Gupta from LPU. Third Position was won by Charanjit Singh from CGC Landran. “It is great to see an institution like PCTE to organize competitions like this to enhance the talents of future professionals - said Ms. Neeru from Dhanda cooking Classes.

 

The mega event was organized to showcase the diverse cuisines of the world and how Chinese and Indian cuisine can be showcased in completely different ways. Huge participation was found from student's end. “I’m passionate about cooking, and I can’t wait for the day I can change my passion into a career”, said Mayank, student from Chitkara, Chandigarh. 

 

Prof. Anirban Gupta, Dean, PCTE - IHM said “We want to spread awareness about cooking as a promising career; the hotel industry needs more and more participants.” Mr. Gupta praised all the participants and was very happy with the efforts made by the students.

 

Ms. Harpreet K Kang, Dean - International Affairs, PCTE Group of Institutes congratulated the organisers and the participants of the events. She further said that such events will definitely help the students in exploring their creativity. Ms. Kang stressed that Hospitality is a growing sector and PCTE encourages such events to implement practical learning on campus.