RA 2025 PASS
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About Restaurant Awards

Restaurant Awards 2025 is the top honour bestowed upon the greatest in the industry who have tirelessly dedicated their lives walking an extra mile to raise the bar of the Food & Beverage Sector. The awards will go to various regions of the country physically,to honor and applaud the great work done by foodpreneurs and chefs around the country.

This is a precious opportunity to excel your food & beverage business and hear the elevating tunes of applause by the whole fraternity. These awards will put spotlight on exemplary contributions made by profound professionals and passionate restaurant brands. This recognition will enhance your business credibility and would help in restructuring your brand image. Submissions are now open for Restaurant Awards 2025, browse through the appropriate category and region and nominate yourself today.

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Awards

Restaurant Awards premium focus is to create recognition for various industry experts.

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Conference

The conference brings new perspective on Scaling up your Restaurant Business.

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Networking

Influential restaurateurs , thought leaders, innovative suppliers and industry titans join the show. They’re all here.

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Exhibit

Exhibit your product and services to the premium F&B community. Connect with top Buyers, Influencers and Operators.

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  • 15+

    Editions

  • 500+

    Delegates

  • 70+

    Award Categories

  • 50+

    Speakers

  • 20+

    Sessions

  • 50+

    Exhibitors

Explore Award Categories

Restaurant Awards

Recognizing the best restaurant with delectable food and a delightful ambience.

Nightlife Awards

This Category recognises Night Clubs/Bars that demonstrates the best ambience,food & liquor.

Cafe & Bakery Awards

This category recognises the best bakeries which offers outstanding value, excellent food and appropriate service.

Design Awards

This category recognises a Restaurant/Bar/Bakery that has the best interiors

Special Awards

This category recognises caterers/unique concepts/customer experiences and cloud kitchens.

Editors Choice Awards

This category recognises restaurateurs/chefs/sommeliers who have demonstrated outstanding qualities.

Karnataka Edition Speakers 2025

Abhijit Saha

Chef-Entrepreneur, Restauranteur and Author

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Abhijit Saha

Chef-Entrepreneur, Restauranteur and Author

He is the Founder & Principal Consultant of Ace Hospitality & Consulting and has recently opened his Neo Indian Fine Dining Restaurant ‘Ammakase’ at 1 Raffles Place, Singapore and LYFE Restaurant & Pizzeria in Whitefield, Bangalore.
Abhijit Saha was awarded “Chef of The Year 2023’ at the Times Food & Nightlife Awards. The coach and mentor of Team India for Bocuse d’Or Asia-Pacific 2018; Guest Judge of MasterChef India and Senior Judge of Young Chefs Olympiad – Abhijit Saha was inducted as a fellow of the ‘IIHM International College of Distinguished Fellows’ by International Hospitality Council, London in 2021. As the Principal F&B Consultant of Bangalore Airport, he has been leading the Food & Beverage Development work for Terminal 1 & Terminal 2 during the last five years.
As founder-director of Avant Garde Hospitality from 2008 to 2020 he conceptualized, executed and managed award-winning and critically acclaimed restaurants such as Caperberry (Modernist European Cuisine), and Fava (Mediterranean Cuisine) in Bangalore. His Michelin recommended Signature Indian Restaurant ‘SAHA’ (2014-18) in Singapore was awarded the Epicurean Star Award for Best New Restaurant, 2014 by the Restaurant Association of Singapore. He has provided consulting services and technical knowhow to several Red Rhino Craft Brewery, The Pizza Bakery, Tamara Resorts, Serai Resorts and Dream Cruises Hong Kong. Three of his recent projects Glass Kitchen & Bar, The Pet People Café and Over Coffee have won the ‘Times Food Award’ for Best Modern Indian Restaurant 2022, Best Plant Based-Healthy Restaurant 2022 and Best Cafe 2024.

Shakir Haq

CEO, NKP Empire Ventures

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Shakir Haq

CEO, NKP Empire Ventures

Shakir Haq is the CEO of NKP Empire and is steadfast in his business principles and strategy, Shakir is a big proponent of learning from constant experimentation. His extensive knowledge of restaurant business management and strategic acumen, nurtured by his education at IIM Bangalore, fuel constant pursuit of growth and innovation at NKP Restaurants. A 3rd Gen Entrepreneur, his vision is to create a Global Food Company.

Anand Ramanathan

Partner and Leader, Consumer Products & Retail Sector, South Asia, Deloitte

Anand Ramanathan

Partner and Leader, Consumer Products & Retail Sector, South Asia, Deloitte

Anand has around 16 years of experience from both an industry and consulting perspective. Anand is currently a Partner with the Strategy & Operations practice in Deloitte based out of Bangalore. He is a graduate from BITS Pilani and has completed his MBA from IIM Indore and PhD from IIM Bangalore. Anand started his career with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. He has been in sales and brand roles for nutritional food brands such as Horlicks & Boost. Prior to Deloitte, Anand has been a part of the management consulting practice at KPMG for the past 8 years and has worked on over 90 engagements. His work has primarily been in the consumer markets domain across various sectors such as Retail, FMCG, Agribusiness, and Education. Anand led the channel and salesforce effectiveness solution for the practice.

Gaurav Pande

Executive Vice President and Business Head- Popeyes, Jubilant FoodWorks

Arun Prasanna

CHO, Byg Brewski Brewing Company

Arpita Aditi

Founder & CEO, Dil Foods

Arpita Aditi

Founder & CEO, Dil Foods

Arpita Aditi is the founder and CEO of Dil Foods, a company launched in March 2022, aiming to harness the underutilized potential of small to medium-sized food businesses across India. Dil Foods is a virtual restaurant operator based in Bangalore. A Biotechnical Engineer, from the Manipal Institute Of Technology, Arpita’s career trajectory shifted towards the food industry, starting with a role at Swiggy as the National Partnership Manager, where she gained firsthand experience in the challenges faced by food businesses. This led to co-founding Nutnbolt in May 2020, a precursor to Dil Foods, focusing on enhancing the online presence of small restaurants. Dil Foods and Arpita's efforts were recently recognized on Shark Tank India Season 3, highlighting their commitment to transforming the food industry landscape. Her vision encompasses building a profitable ecosystem that benefits all stakeholders within the restaurant industry, focusing on sustainability, and scalability.

Karnataka Edition Our Jury

Ritu Marya

Editor-in-Chief, Entrepreneur India & Asia-Pacific

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Ritu Marya

Editor-in-Chief, Entrepreneur India & Asia-Pacific

Ritu Marya is the Editor- in- Chief for Entrepreneur India-Asia-Pacific and Franchise India Media, a group company of Franchise India Holdings Limited. She is the Group Editor and leads the editorial desk which comprises business magazines including Entrepreneur, The Franchising World and Retailer together with the Digital media arm of Entrepreneur.com, Franchiseindia.com, wellnessindia.com, indianretailer.com and restaurantindia.in. In her tryst with Business Journalism over the last 16 years, Ritu is regarded as an authority on Startups, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Fintech, AI, Blockchain, Consumer Businesses, Retail, Luxury to Education, Restaurant, Funding and more. In her role as the Group Editor she meets and interacts with Leading Indian and Global Entrepreneurs and thought-leaders while tracking Startup and Entrepreneurial and consumer business landscape in India and Asia-Pacific.

Abhijit Saha

Chef-Entrepreneur, Restauranteur and Author

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Abhijit Saha

Chef-Entrepreneur, Restauranteur and Author

He is the Founder & Principal Consultant of Ace Hospitality & Consulting and has recently opened his Neo Indian Fine Dining Restaurant ‘Ammakase’ at 1 Raffles Place, Singapore and LYFE Restaurant & Pizzeria in Whitefield, Bangalore.
Abhijit Saha was awarded “Chef of The Year 2023’ at the Times Food & Nightlife Awards. The coach and mentor of Team India for Bocuse d’Or Asia-Pacific 2018; Guest Judge of MasterChef India and Senior Judge of Young Chefs Olympiad – Abhijit Saha was inducted as a fellow of the ‘IIHM International College of Distinguished Fellows’ by International Hospitality Council, London in 2021. As the Principal F&B Consultant of Bangalore Airport, he has been leading the Food & Beverage Development work for Terminal 1 & Terminal 2 during the last five years.
As founder-director of Avant Garde Hospitality from 2008 to 2020 he conceptualized, executed and managed award-winning and critically acclaimed restaurants such as Caperberry (Modernist European Cuisine), and Fava (Mediterranean Cuisine) in Bangalore. His Michelin recommended Signature Indian Restaurant ‘SAHA’ (2014-18) in Singapore was awarded the Epicurean Star Award for Best New Restaurant, 2014 by the Restaurant Association of Singapore. He has provided consulting services and technical knowhow to several Red Rhino Craft Brewery, The Pizza Bakery, Tamara Resorts, Serai Resorts and Dream Cruises Hong Kong. Three of his recent projects Glass Kitchen & Bar, The Pet People Café and Over Coffee have won the ‘Times Food Award’ for Best Modern Indian Restaurant 2022, Best Plant Based-Healthy Restaurant 2022 and Best Cafe 2024.

Anand Ramanathan

Partner and Leader, Consumer Products & Retail Sector, South Asia, Deloitte

Anand Ramanathan

Partner and Leader, Consumer Products & Retail Sector, South Asia, Deloitte

Anand has around 16 years of experience from both an industry and consulting perspective. Anand is currently a Partner with the Strategy & Operations practice in Deloitte based out of Bangalore. He is a graduate from BITS Pilani and has completed his MBA from IIM Indore and PhD from IIM Bangalore. Anand started his career with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. He has been in sales and brand roles for nutritional food brands such as Horlicks & Boost. Prior to Deloitte, Anand has been a part of the management consulting practice at KPMG for the past 8 years and has worked on over 90 engagements. His work has primarily been in the consumer markets domain across various sectors such as Retail, FMCG, Agribusiness, and Education. Anand led the channel and salesforce effectiveness solution for the practice.

Agenda 2025 More Tables, More Food, More Moolah

10:15-10:45 AM

Inaugural Session

Restaurant Industry Ahead: Knowing the Future Trends



10:45-11:30 AM

The New Age Restaurant Growth: Powering Restaurant Growth Through Technology and Leadership

Session Highlights:

  • Intelligent Leadership: Leveraging Emotional Intelligence, Data, and Technology to Drive Restaurant Success
  • The Winning Story: LTOs that drive success
  • Innovation That Works
  • Feeding the dupe culture, Gen Z and younger Millennial

11:30-11:45 AM

Keynote Session:
Food and Profit: The Dynamics of the 10-Minute Food Delivery System


11:45-12:30 PM

The Rise of home-grown Startups: How they are attracting Investors

Session Highlights:

  • Staying competitive in the fast growing data-centric biz
  • Evolving with Innovation
  • Customer is the King: Focusing on customer to drive growth
  • Building an effective transformation team

12:30-1:30 PM

2025 Dining Trends: How Chefs are Innovating The Table Experience

Session Highlights:

  • Staying One Bite Ahead: Understanding Customer Trends Better
  • New age menu innovation: moving towards a Sustainable Futures
  • The Rise of Hotel Restaurants: How Top executive Chefs are creating different flavours

1:30-2:30 PM

Networking Lunch


2:30-3:15 PM

Building omni-channel in restaurants: What Does Innovation Look Like for these brands

Session Highlights:

  • How QSR and delivery/ Cloud Kitchens have become co-conspirators
  • How data can help in better decision making
  • New and Exciting: Embracing Trends that sets you apart
  • Big Data, Bigger I1mpact: Creating Outstanding Delivery and Dine-in Experiences

3:15-3:30 PM

Keynote Session


3:30-4:15 PM

The Bigger The Better: Building Spaces That Creates an Everlasting Expression

Session Highlights:

  • The journey from ‘Fine Dining’ to ‘Fun Dining’
  • How Big is Big for Nightlife Restaurant and Bar
  • Key elements pushing the growth of fun spaces
  • Beyond The Food: How Bar Teams are ruling the top restaurants

4:15-5:00 PM

Valedictory Session

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  • Restaurateurs
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  • Home Concepts
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  • Cafe And Bakery
  • Stand Alone Restaurants
  • Franchise Concepts
  • 24 Hour Dining Concept
  • Caterers
  • Food Professionals
  • Food Designers
  • Sommeliers

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