Speakers – FCIC 2023

Esteemed Speakers

Conference Chairperson

Sanjay Vazirani

Chief Executive Officer, Foodlink F&B Holdings India Pvt. Ltd.

Chef Hemant Oberoi

Founder, OB Hospitality and Hemant Oberoi Hospitality Goa
Founder, Michelin Selection Martabaan by Hemant Oberoi

Zorawar Kalra

Founder & MD,
Massive Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. & Judge (MasterChef India)

ROCKY MOHAN

Brand custodian,
Old Monk, Author
Founder,
Gourmet Passport & Chef Pin

Chef Ajay Chopra

Chefpreneur, Restaurateur, Consultant & Judge (MasterChef India)

Raghav Joshi

Co-founder, Rebel Foods

ESHWAR K VIKAS

Co-Founder & CEO, Mukunda Foods

VIKRANT BATRA

Co-founder & Director, Batra Bros. Food & Beverages Pvt Ltd.

TARAK BHATTACHARYA

Executive Director and CEO, Mad Over Donuts

Jasmit Tibb

Managing Director,
Tibb’s Frankie

Chef Amrita Raichand

TV Host & Judge | Lifestyle Chef |
India’s Cultural Ambassador| Tedx Speaker

CHEF SHIPRA KHANNA

MasterChef India Season 2 Winner, Cookbook Author, TV Host/Producer & Consultant

Dr. Vikram Kamat

Founder Chairman,
The VITSKamats Group

Dheeraj Gupta

Founder and MD, Jumboking

Aditi Dugar

Director & Founder, Masque & Urban Gourmet India Pvt. Ltd.

ABHAYRAJ SINGH KOHLI

Founder
Tori, Grandmamas Cafe, MRP
& The Roll Company

Ankit Patel

Executive Director and CEO, The Belgian Waffle Co

Subhasis Mandal

Deputy Head – School of Hotel Management, Ajeenkya D Y Patil University , Lohegaon, Pune

SUNVEER SONDHI

CEO & Founder
La Pyramid Hospitalities Pvt. Ltd.

VIKAS PANJABI

Co-founder & MD, The Chocolate Room (India) Private Limited

Chef Abhijit Saha

Founder & Managing Director, Ace Hospitality & Consulting

Pradeep Shetty

President, HRAWI & Executive Committee Member, FHRAI
Director, Maharaja Restaurants

BIRAJA ROUT

Founder, Biggies Burger

Pawan Shahri

Founder & CEO, Chrome Asia Hospitality Pvt Ltd.

CHEF DAVINDER KUMAR

Executive Chef & Vice President, Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi
& President, Indian Culinary Forum

Chef Sudhir Pai

Chef & F&B Consultant
Pai & Associates

Chef Koushik S.

Celebrity Chef, Consultant, Master Chef Tamil Judge & Founder, Eatitude

Mihir Desai

Founder, The Bar Stock Exchange

RAKSHAY DHARIWAL

Founder & Managing Director,
Pass Code Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.

Chef Rakhee Vaswani

Founder,
Palate Culinary Academy

SHAAN GIDWANI

Founder & Managing Director,
Acapella Hospitality

Vaniitha Jaiin

Founder, The Perfect Pour

RAHUL BAJAJ

Director and Conceptualizer,
Le Sutra and Ether Hospitality

Tanai Shirali

Sr. Director Operations, JSM Corporation Pvt. Ltd.

CHEF Navneet Tharwal

GM – Central Production Unit,
Nesco Foods

Pankaj Giradkar

Key Account Manager, Nestle Professional

Pawan Raj Kumar

Co-Founder,
Hoi Foods

Bansi Kotecha

Co-Founder,
Kytchens

Shouvik Dhar

Director,
ZOMOZ

Swarup Bose

Founder and CEO,
Celcius

Vijay Sokhi

Business Head – Retail Channel,
Granules n Beans

KARAN NOHRIA

Founder & CEO,
K7Group Hospitality

Gurmeet Singh Arora

Founder & CEO,
Flax – Healthy Living

Sonal Holland

Master of Wine
Founder Director, Soho Wine Consultants & Sonal Holland Wine Academy

AJIT BALGI

Founder,
The Happy High Wine & Spirit Consultancy, Bartending Academy

Manvir Singh Anand

Founder, Knight Gourmet & TKG Ventures

Anup Agarwal

Co-Founder,
CaterNinja.com