It was a beautiful morning.Genesis Foundation’s fourth CEO Share-a-Smile fund-raiser lunch held at the Crowne Plaza Today Gurgaon. The Petal Garden of the hotel was beautifully decorated with blue umbrellas and table covers carrying the theme colour of Grey Goose, the world’s best tasting vodka.
The event was supported by Bacardi Martini India Ltd. Their Grey Goose brand has always been associated with supporting social causes at local and international levels. Bacardi was proud to be associated with this unique event where the leading industry captains have taken the mantle of becoming chefs for a day to raise funds for a worthy cause.
Twelve CEOs donned the chef’s hat, Share-a-Smile apron and displayed their culinary skills which were relished by over 100 guests who bought seats at the event.
Once the CEO Chefs had been fortified with Grey Goose cocktails and chilled beer from Carlsberg, our other bar sponsor, they were ready to undertake the task at hand. The food offered was available in the following sections.
Salad Section: Ines Schmid, Assistant Vice President, Credit Suisse who had especially come down for the event from Zurich competed with Ashwani Singla, CEO, Genesis Burson-Marsteller as to who could tempt the guests more with Caesar Salad or Vietnamese Shrimp Salad.
Kebeb Korner: Master Chefs, Kaushik Dutta, Partner, PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Himanshu Kohli, Founder Partner, Client Associates served the crowd delicious Sarson-ke-Chicken-Tikka and Kalimirch Paneer Tikka.
Curry Club: Two chefs who took their job very seriously were Som Mittal, President, Nasscom and Keshav Gaur, CEO, Fidelity enticed guests with Hyderabadi Achari Gosht and Paneer Corn Bhujjia.
Truly Asian: Krishan Dhawan, MD, Oracle and Paul de Voijs, MD, Volvo created delicious Chicken Teppanyaki & Shittake Mushrooms in Oyster Sauce.
The European Counter saw Sanjeev Mohanty, MD, Benetton and Gautham Mukkavilli, MD, Frito Lay serving grilled Norwegian Salmon and Penne Pomodoro.
By now all the guests were over-whelmed with the superb cuisines offered but, as they say, the best comes last.
Sweet Tooth had Chefs Sheila Singla, Principal & Founder, Chrysalis HRD and Rahul Sen, CEO, Alchemy Infrastructure Agency dishing out Crepe Suzettes liberally doused with Grey Goose, Grand Marnier, chocolate syrup and dollops of cream. Here the lines stretched as our guests were thrilled to watch the performance.
Domnique and his band got some of our guests tapping their feet and dancing to the popular numbers. Then Nanni Singh MC took over the mike to call out the lucky dip winners. The gifts were sponsored by Reebok, Opera Wines, Gallery One, Canon, NGC, Motorola, Boeing, Lufthansa, Boeing, Indigo, Adidas and Sports Boulevard to name a few.
Genesis Foundation is extremely appreciative of the support extended by Shaun Langdon, General Manager, Crowne Plaza Today Gurgaon and his team. It was a pleasure to have Executive Chef Jai at Crowne Plaza work closely with all the CEO Chefs to ensure that they were able to deliver the superb gourmet meal enjoyed by all. Look forward to seeing you in 2009.
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