The Juggernauts of restaurant business in West has been so very impactful in evolving the overall business fundamentals, that there existed a need for creating a unique platform that will behave as the sponge of knowledge grasping and sharing.
Restaurant India 2018 Mumbai is one such effort that will be aimed at initiating industry dialogues within peer groups. This single day event is exclusively designed to serve as the multi-disciplinary platform featuring a power-packed conference which will cover a wide range of topics crucial to discover growth paths. Also, there will be industry specific workshops to help the participants and patrons to identify newer business opportunities, discover ideas on how to scale and build successful brands and the role of technology in today's dynamic times.
9th June, 2018, Hotel Sahara Star Mumbai
Restaurant India
Congress
AWARDS
2018
West India Edition
About The Event
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Keynote Speakers
Hemant Oberoi
Chef and Owner, Hemant Oberoi
Our Speakers
Aditi Dugar
Owner & CEO, Masque
Syesha Kapoor
Associate Director, Silver Beach Entertainment and Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.
Vicky Ratnani
Celebrity Chef and Consultant
Prashant Issar
Co-founder & CEO, Squaremeal Foods Private
Karan Tanna
Founder & CEO, Yellow Tie Hospitality Management LLP
Gunjan Jain
CEO & MD, VKC Nuts Pvt. Ltd
Narendra Malhotra
COO, Olive Bar & Kitchen
Siddharth Bafna
Partner and Head - Corporate Finance, Lodha & Co.
Rashmi Balwani
Managing Director, Upper Crust Foods Pvt. Ltd
Sriranjan Seshadri
Founder, Last Mile Ventures
Krishna Vinjamuri
Principal, Lightbox Venture Capital
Rachel Goenka
Founder & CEO, The Chocolate Spoon Company
Rushad Rustom Ginwala
Founder & CEO, Ahura Restaurants Pvt Ltd
Anirudhya Roy
Executive Chef- Taj Lands End Hotel
Sanjiv Malhan
Principal, Office for International Architecture
Praful Chandawarkar
Founder and Director, Malaka Spice
Sumant Vikas
Corporate Chef, Cremica Food Industries Limited.
Reynold Fernandes
COO, FoodLink Restaurants
Conference Agenda
view full agendaThe one day conference will bring together industry veterans to interact and draw attention to best practices and promote innovation to capture consumer interest that will help grow the Restaurant Sector.
West India
- Best Restaurant of the Year- Pune
- Best Restaurant of the Year- Mumbai
Nightlife Awards
- Best Night Club of the Year
- Best Restro- Bar of the Year
Cafe & Bakery Awards
- Cafe of the Year
- Tea Cafe of the Year
Design Awards
- Best Theme Based Restaurant/Restro- Bar
- Restaurant with outstanding ambience and interiors award
Exhibition
Understanding this growing need and opportunity for integrated Restaurant businesses, we are pleased to share with you that parallel to the convention there will be an expo designed as one stop shop for exploring: best technology suppliers, innovative tools, ink tie-ups with best in league distribution channels, co-branding alliances, international development opportunities. You could plan a perfect Business, Product Display, Showcase and Launch opportunity to a niche audience of over 500+ key decision makers and brands from the restaurant industry.
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Our Exhibitors
Our Gallery
Have a look at the previous successful editions attended by who's who from the industry.
Testimonials
Mr. Vishal Gurnani
"We can't express our happiness in words for winning an award at the Restaurant Awards 2018 West India Edition for our ambience and Interiors. Thankyou all the incredible love and support. #ThaknaManaHai "
Mr. Amit
"Before I start would like to thanks Restaurant Awards Team for giving us a chance to nominate our brand. It was very well organised Function, everything was superb. Hoping next year also we should be nominated. Team was very well Trained, they were coordinating for every small requirement. Very helpful team. Thanx once again, Cheers!!!"
Mr. Sandesh
"It was wow for me and for my team. What I was feeling ut can not be explain or expressed in words in short it was awesome. Thanx to Franchise India Team. Keep it up!!!"
Mr. Prakash
"At the onset I would like to thank the entire awards team personally for the courtesy accorded to us during the course of the ceremony! It was also wonderful to win an award from a prestigious organization like yours! Will truly cherish this for years to come! Moreover it was an honour to be among several luminaries of the Restaurant Industry and it felt special to win an award in such an august gathering. the function was too classy and well organised and the comperes and their hosting was immaculate and hilarious too! all in all had a great time and this memorable evening will stay with us for years to come! Thank you once again and God Bless! Team ferry wharf."
Ms. Rashmi
"It was surely a well organized, well attended event with good information and knowledge shared by industry veterans."
Mr. Vishesh Khanna
"We'd like to thank Franchise India for the award and for the reconising us as the Best Retro Bar in all of West India. We loved the entire smooth experience of the event and look forward to more such events from Franchise India."
Mr. Vishal
"Everything was good and the recognistion which we got in front of all Industry leaders was just mind blowing but the only thing which should be changed is the show timing , it didn't started on time. Rest all was fabulous and mindblowing."
Ms. Rajvi
"Overall it was a nice experience and great effort to get the community together. But the networking area was extremely tight, also the scripts of the host needs to be sharper and more relevant. "
Mr. Manav
"Restaurant India Awards- West Edition 2018 is an outstanding achievement for our restaurant. It was a pleasure to attend the awards."
Mr. Abdul Khan
"It was a great show and we would like to be a part of this show in future also. Wonderful experience and appreciate the effort taken by Franchise India to recognize the best players of "Hospitality World"."
Ms. Pri
"We are Really honoured to have received this award and will work hard to continue to be Mumbai's favourite App."
Mr. Prashant Issar
"The event was very well curated. Any event is defined by the curated talent it brings to the platform and the insights the talent provides to the audience. Great show."
Chef Alexander Moser
Executive Chef, Andaz Delhi
"It was such great pleasure to be part of the panel discussion at IRC 2017. Food is all about nature, understanding your environment and supporting the farmers who do what they do to bring food to your table."
Ms. Uma Raghuraman
Food Blogger, MasterChefMom
"It was wonderful to be a part of the Indian Restaurant Congress 2017. I was so thrilled with the response and the audience appreciation of our panel discussion. It was fascinating to see so many different aspects of Food Business being discussed in detail by many of the Industry's experts. A rich learning experience for people who want to scale up in their restaurant business ."
Mr. Anup Jain
Managing Partner, Redback Advisory Services
"Restaurant Congress is a very productive forum for exchanging views and learning on new trends in the industry. Its also a great networking event".
Mr. Varun Chaudhary
Managing Partner, Redback Advisory Services
"Excellent recognition platform."
Akmal Anuar
Co-Founder and Chef , 3fils Restaurant
"It was such an honour to speak at the event. My opinion is nothing but great. The topics and the speakers are experienced and they discuss important topics not only relating to India but also internationally. It definitely exceeded my expectations and i was glad i got to also learn a few things from that event. The focus was detailed and all the restauranteurs had spoken about how to make hospitality business better.
I thank you again for the invite and it will be great if next year happens again."
I thank you again for the invite and it will be great if next year happens again."
Vivek Bhatt
Executive Chef, JW Marriott New Delhi Aerocity
"It was great synergy and interaction with a lot of industry professionals at 7th Indian Restaurant Congress."
Rajat Tuli
Senior Manager, A T Kearney
"It was a very well organized event. We had an interesting panel discussion on the topic- BUILDING A COMPANY CULTURE at 7th Indian Restaurant Congress."
Biplob Banerjee
Executive VP- HR, CSR and Admin, Jubilant Foodworks, India , Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
"It was a superbly organised conference."
