ASIA FOOD AWARDS
~ Awards ~
Most Talented Food Industry Leaders 2019
- Adarsh Pandey , Owner, Thaggu ke Laddu
- Anirudh Poddar, Co-Founder, ALP Retail Private Limited
- Ashwin Mocherla, Co-Founder, The Thick Shake Factory
- Atul Joshi, Chief General Manager Quality & Legal Compliance(Food Division) ,Patanjali Ayurved Limited
- Brijesh Singh, National Head - Strategy and Marketing, Goli Vadapav
- Chirag Gupta, Founder, 4700BC
- Deepak Taluja , CEO- Pizza Hut, Sapphire Foods India Pvt. Ltd.
- Dipan Dalal, Managing Partner, M K ingridents
- Gaurav Gambhir, CMD, Shubh Food Industries Pvt. Ltd.
- Gayatri Bhatia , Founder & Director, Saucery (Saucery Foods Pvt. Ltd.)
- Harsh Jain, Chief Executive Officer, DNV Food Products Pvt. Ltd.
- Kamlesh Karamchandani, Director - Sales & Marketing, Asandas & Sons Pvt. Ltd.
- Karan Tanna, Founder CEO, Yellow Tie Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.
- Karishma Lakhani, Co-Founder, Wholesomebasket Marketing Pvt. Ltd.
- Manisha Bhasin, Senior Executive Chef, ITC Hotel Maurya
- Mocherla Yeshwanth NAG, Director, The Thick Shake Factory
- Narayan Majumdar, Founder Director, Red Cow Dairy Pvt. Ltd.
- Niraj Harlalka , Co-Founder, TECHRECO Solutions Private Limited
- Pavan Kumar Gupta, Managing Director, SSOM Internationals Foods
- Prashanth Gowriraju, Chief Dad & CEO, Timla Foods Pvt. Ltd.
- Rahul Uppal , CEO, Happy Beverages and foods Pvt. Ltd.
- Rakhee Vaswani, Chef Celebrity, Palate Culinary Academy
- Rizwan Thakur, Director, Chevon Agrotech Pvt. Ltd.
- Rohit Malhotra, Country Head, Barcelos flame grilled chicken
- Sachin Adawade, Co-Founder, Wholesomebasket Marketing Pvt. Ltd.
- Sagar Daryani, Co-Founder & CEO, Wow Momo Foods Pvt. Ltd.
- Saurabh Kumar, Founder, Agricxlab Private Limited
- Seema Batavia Shah, CEO & Co-Founder , All 'Bout Cake Deco
- Shaishav Mittal, Founder & CEO, Lovelybakestudio
- Simran Shaw, Director, Satyendra Food Products Pvt. Ltd.
- Sonia Serrao, Global Media lead & Head Marketing procurement -South Asia, Tata Global Beverages
- Soyara Mohite , Proprietor, Soyara's
- Ullas Samrat, Co-Founder, Triton Foodworks Pvt. ltd.
- Unnat Varma, Managing Director - Pizza Hut, Yum Restaurants International
- Yamnish Kaul, CEO, Vita Sana Foods
Organisational Award Categories
Restaurant
- Best National Restaurant
- Best Regional Restaurant Chain of the Year
- Best Regional Standalone Restaurant of the Year
- Best Regional Debutant Restaurant of the Year
- Best Debutant Restaurant Chain of the Year
- Best Regional Indian Cuisine Restaurant Chain / Standalone of the Year
- Best National/Regional Chinese Restaurant of the Year
- Best National/Regional Mexican Restaurant of the Year
- Best National/Regional Italian Restaurant of the Year
- Best National/Regional Pan- Asian Restaurant of the Year
- Best Regional Fine Dine Hotel Restaurant
- Best Regional Standalone Restaurant of the Year (Small Town)
- Best Highway Restaurant of the Year
- Best Vegetarian Restaurant of the Year
- Best Fast Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year
- Best healthy and diet food restaurant of the Year
- Best 24 hour dining
- Best Customer Service by Restaurant
- Best Emerging International Cuisine
- Best Mobile Food/Food Truck of the Year
- Best Theme based Restaurant of the Year
- Restaurant with outstanding ambience and Interiors Award of the Year 2018
- Restaurant serving best Biryani
- Best National/Regional Dark / Satellite Kitchen Restaurant of the Year 2018
- Best National/Regional Night Delivery Kitchen / Restaurant of the Year 2018
- Restaurant serving best burger
- Restaurant serving best pizza
- Best Organic Food Cafe
- Best Waffle Restaurant
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Restaurant
Cafe & Bakery
- Best National / Regional Bakery and Confectionery Chain / Standalone of the Year
- Best National/Regional home baker/home chef of the Year
- Best National / Regional Cafe of the Year
- Best Regional Emerging cafe of the year
- Most innovative Tea / Cafe of the Year
- Best Ice- Cream Parlour of the Year
- Best Juice / Shake Parlour of the Year
- Best Customer Service by a cafe in
- Cafe with Outstanding Ambience and Interiors Award
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Café & Bakery
Special Awards
- Best Menu R&D and Innovative Culinarians Award 2018
- Best Wine Brand of the Year 2018
- Business Growth Award 2018
- Cookbook of the Year
- Best Food App of the Year
- Most innovative packaged drink of the Year
- Restaurant Technology award
- Most efficient food delivery services of the Year 2018
- Best Caterer of the Year 2018
- Best Creative Concept Award of the Year 2018
Dairy Products
- Best Yogurt Company
- Best Cheese Company
- Best Butter Company
- Best Non Dairy Creamer
- Best Ice Cream Company
- Best Milk Chocolates
- Best Fruit & Nuts Chocolates
- Best Dark Chocolates
- Best Diet Chocolates
- Best Chocolates Brand of the Year
- Best Chocolate Company
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Dairy Product)
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Milk & Dairy
Snacks
- Best Diet Chips
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Snacks)
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Snacks
- Best Diet Chips
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Snacks)
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Snacks
Grocery:
- Best Rice Brand Award
- Best Sugar Company
- Food & Grocery Consumer initiative of the Year
- Green Supplier of the Year
- Cookery School of the Year
- Best Agro Food Brand of the Year
- Best Cooking Oil Brand of the Year
- Best Pickles Brand of the Year
- Best Spices Brand of the Year
- Best Confectionery Brand of the Year
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Instant Mix Food)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Frozen Desert)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Ready to Eat Food)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Soups)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Chilled Foods)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Rice, Noodles & Pasta)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Hot Beverages)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Cold Beverages & Juices)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Traditional Foods)
- Food & Grocery Brand of the Year (Bakery)
- Best Food & Grocery Website
- Best Food & Grocery Blog of the Year
- Food & Grocery Launch of the Year
- Food & Grocery Retail Innovation of the Year
- Independent Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year
- Food & Grocery Retail of the Year: Supermarkets
- Food & Grocery Retail of the Year: Large Formats
- Food & Grocery Retail of the Year: Speciality
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Grocery
Food Tech
- Best Online Food Delivery App
- Best Online Menu Provider
- Best Food Website
- Best Food Packaging Company
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Food App/Website
Food Start-ups
- Best Food Start-up Company (Dairy)
- Best Food Start-up Company (Online)
- Best Food Start-up Company (Offline)
- Best Food Start-up Company (Grocery)
- Best Food Start-up Company (Bakery)
- Best Food Start-up Company (Café)
- Best Food Start-up Company (Restaurants)
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Start-Ups
Best Use of Social Media In Food & Grocery
- Food & Beverage Industry
- Best Social Media Campaign
- Consumer Good Social Media Campaign
- Best Digital Media Campaign
- Viral Marketing Campaign of the Year
- Food Campaign of the Year
Shakes & Juices
- Best Juice Retail Company
- Best Juice Company
- Best Healthy Juice
- Best Low Calories Juice
- Exclusive Awards: Master brand of the Year – Shakes / Juices & Smoothies
Individual Award Categories
Individual Categories
- Rising Star of the Year
- Managing Director of the Year
- Food & Grocery personality of the Year
- Chef of the Year
- Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Best Food Personality of the Year
- Best Sous Chef of the Year 2018
- Best Pastry/Bakery Chef of the Year
- The Lifetime Achievement Award
- National/ Regional Restaurateur of the Year
- Bartender of the Year
- Sommelier of the Year
- Young Restaurateur of the Year 2018
- Influencer of the Year