FOOD TRADE EXPO & AWARD FUNCTION
IFEA partnered Aakar Exhibition Pvt. Ltd. at the Food Trade Expo held from 19-20-21 September 2022 at
the Gujarat University Exhibition Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, INDIA.
The event was organised by Aakar Exhibition Pvt. Ltd. and supported by KREMAG, the apex body for
manufacturers of kitchen and refrigeration machinery in Gujarat.
Premal Mehta. Director at Aakar Exhibition Pvt. Ltd., explains, “our sole aim to organize this event is
to provide the best business platform for the food Industry, providing a unique networking and sourcing
platform for the industry members to source kitchen equipment. The event was attended by caterers,
hoteliers, restaurant and café owners, bakery owners, namkeen and dairy owners, hostel and mess
owners, hospitality professionals, hotel management institute teams, etc within 3 days of intensive
business networking’’.
As part of the event, IFEA presented the Food Trade Awards. The awards were juried by Anil
Mulchandani on behalf of IFEA with the committee members of KREMAG and the Aakar team.
The chief guest for the evening was Esther David, who received the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010
(National Literature Award) for The Book of Rachel, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI) Research Award
2016 for Research on Indian Jewish Food Traditions and North America’s Jewish Book
Council award for food writing and cookbooks. Nirmit Bhandari, Director Marketing
& Overseas Business at Vasant Masala Private Limited, was the guest of honour.
IFEA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Pradeep & Rekha Chona for their achievements in ice-cream and restaurant industry.
Narendra Somani and his family for their achievements in the catering industry.
Rushad Ginwala for his achievements in the theme restaurant industry.
Kailash Goenka for his achievements in setting up restaurant chains.
Lester & Monisha D’Souza for their achievements in bakery, confectionery and cafes.
Nirav & Hiren Gandhi for achievements in the hotel industry.
Kandoi Bhogilal Mulchand for achievements in the mithai sector.
Jay Sharma for achievements in sweets and snacks retail.
Nirmal Bose for his experience in Hospitality Consultancy.
IFEA FOOD AND HOSPITALITY ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS
Heritage Hotel
Shraddha Rana, Rajkot
Abhay Mangaldas, Ahmedabad
Hotel & Resort
Yatin Fugro, Diu
Atul Sheth, Rajkot
Kishan Kotecha , Polo Forest
Shital Bhatia, Dwarka
Naimee, Rajkot
Akshit Khurani, Ahmedabad
Naresh Arora, Gir
Restaurant & Cloud Kitchen
Taruna Patel, Vallabh Vidyanagar
Vira Vora, Ahmedabad
Pramod Bhammar, Rajkot
Rajesh Ravani, Ahmedabad
Shaunak Shah, Vadodara
Apexa, Vadodara
Akshay Kumar, Ahmedabad
Sunil Jesani, Ahmedabad
Meet Lakhani & Preet Kadia, Ahmedabad
Darshan Dashani, Rajkot
Riddhi Patel , Ahmedabad
Uttej Rao, Ahmedabad
Mustak Mepani, Jamnagar
Hotel Professionals
Atul Buddharaj, Ahmedabad
Umesh Tiwari, Vadodara
Naval Shekhawat, Gandhidham
Chefs
Chef Pranav Joshi
Chef Suresh Khanna
Chef Ekansh Saxena
Consultants
Sharmila & Sujit
Chaitali & Suril
Manbir Dua
Chander
Aditya Jhala
Aditya Jambekar
Rohan Bhatt, Surat
