Commenting on the awards, Mr. Gaurav Marya (President, Franchise India Holdings Limited) said, “The premium focus of Indian Restaurant Awards is to create recognition for various industry experts who are part of the affluent restaurant industry. The awards will create a platform for the Indian players to showcase their expertise and gain prominence in the international markets by acknowledging outstanding creativity, customer service and top quality dining that is on offer throughout India. The winners, whether they are restaurateurs or chefs, are setting the standards for others in the industry to emulate.”
Masterchef Sanjeev Kapoor was the chief guest for the occasion. The awards also witnessed scintillating performance by Mansi Scott. In all, there were 26 award categories spanning across different industry verticals. Using a fair and rigorous award process, following people were selected for various awards:
1. Best Restaurant of the Year – Pizza Hut 2011
2. Best Indian Cuisine Restaurant of the Year – Punjabi By Nature By A.R.Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.
3. Best Quick Service Restaurant of the Year – Subway
4. Best Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year – Mainland China
5. Best Restaurant for Customer Service in the Year 2011 – Dhaba - Claridges
6. Best Restro-Bar of the Year – Smoke House Grill
7. Best Designer Restaurant of the Year – Ohris Nautanki Gali
8. Best Debutant Restaurant of the Year – Boombox Cafe
9. Best Café Chain of the Year – 1 Cafe Bar
10. Best Menu R&D & Innovation of the Year – Fishtro -SIGMA RESTAURANTS PRIVATE LIMITED
11. Best Restaurants Chain of the Year – Mc Donald’s
12. Most Creative Concept Restaurant of the Year – The [v] Spot Cafe + Bar
13. Best Specialty Cuisine Restaurant of the Year – Rajdhani
14. Best Foreign Cuisine Restaurant of the Year – Courtyard Mariott and Sheraton, Bangalore
15. Best Bakery & Confectionery of the Year – The Park
16. Best Food Court of the Year – INORBIT Mall, Mumbai
17. Chef of the Year – Copper Chimney, Chef Sanjay Malkani
18. Lifetime Restaurateur Award – GULATI
19. Best Celebrity Restaurant of the Year – LAP Restaurant
20. Best Kitchen Equipment Supplier of the Year – Continental Equipment India Pvt. Ltd.
21. Best Indian Restaurant Consultant of the Year – UNDER ONE ROOF HOTEL CONSULTANTS P. LTD
22. Best Hotel Management Institute of the Year – IHM, Pusa Road, Delhi
23. Restaurant Entrepreneur of the Year – Amit Burman - Lite Bite Foods Pvt Ltd
24. Face of the Decade - Sanjeev Kapoor
25. Face of the Year - Niren Chaudhry - YUM Restaurants (India) Pvt. Limited
26. Best Leisure Restaurant of the Year - GOLFWORX
Speaking on the occasion, Deepinder Goyal, Founder & CEO of Zomato.com said, “The aim of the Indian Restaurant Awards is to recognize achievers and innovators in the Indian Restaurant Industry, a space in which we have been actively involved over the last three years. Zomato.com would like to congratulate the winners across all categories – their contributions to the Indian Restaurant industry have been ground breaking and are sure to inspire several others in helping build a bright future for the Restaurant sector and scale new heights.”
The awards ceremony was a part of Indian Restaurant Congress 2011, a two day national conference where renowned chefs, restaurant operators, and F&B experts came together and discussed about the growing consumer demand for quality dining experiences.
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Aliathon Mykonos, Aliathon Aegean Hotels and Sunwing Resort Hotel installed Powerstar systems in to their premises in 2010.
As awarded and honoured members, both Mr Robert Dias, Technical Manager of Aliathon Hotel and Mr Louis Misseris, General Manager of Sunwing Hotels, presented their overall strategy and actions taken during the last two years on behalf of the management.
The unique Powerstar technology presented as part of the hotels’ overall action plan, with both hotels being very satisfied with their financial savings and reduction in carbon.
The Managers also indicated the financial return gained by introducing and applying such technologies, which further provided a differentiate advantage to their companies to proceed with other projects and improve sustainability tourism, in turn providing better accommodation and conditions to their guests.
Awards to both hotels were handed by Mr Andreas Koch, Head of BlueContec, and Mr John De Vial, Head of the financial protection of the ABTA- The Travel association.
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One of the biggest abusers of energy and water usage was the hotel industry. Just one 400 room hotel will probably use as much water in one or two days to do their laundry that a normal household would use in a year. This was because everything was stripped out of the room and washed every day whether it needed it or not. That style of thinking has dramatically changed within the last few years.
Anyone who checks into a hotel room today will see the many changes that have occurred since this environmental trend has taken place. Hotels now offer customers the choice to have their towels replaced and ask guests to ask for sheets to be changed. If even a small percentage of guests were to skip one day of sheets and towel service each week, the savings and environmental health would be incredible.
Energy is another area that hotels more than any industry were infamous for just throwing money down the tubes. Remember the slogan, “We’ll leave the lights on for you?” It had energy waste written all over it. Just about every aspect of that attitude has changed and hotels now keep the lights off when room are not in use and have installed energy saving light bulbs in just about every room that is out there.
Hotel recycling has also come a long way. When you stop to think about the amount of plastic, cardboard and paper that is generated every day in the hotel industry, it is absolutely staggering. All of that used to go into once can and out the back door. Anyone traveling through a back lot today would probably see huge dumpsters that are set up for each type of trash. This alone is a huge step towards a better environmental trend.
While outside lighting for a hotel is a necessity, it is also a huge source of energy waste. Their parking lots are huge and many of them have pool or party areas that have to be lit up as well. By installing solar lights outside and using solar trees in the parking lot, the energy usage is dramatically decreased and a prime example is being set on how to run things “greener” and more efficiently.
It is about time that Corporate America stepped up and realized that they have a huge impact on the environment. Industries like the travel and hotels industry may not be burning coal, but they affect energy usage and waste more than many people are aware. The fact that the hotel industry is more aware of the environmental trend is a huge step in the right direction.
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