Sanjeev Kapoor encourages Pune's budding chefs

Usually, chefs cook for foodies and food lovers. But recently, Pune's budding chefs got a chance to cook for celebrity Chef

Sanjeev Kapoor

. An interesting event was organized at a brand outlet of quality kitchen products, in a city mall, where more than 24 finalists were selected. They presented their recipes and delicious dishes to

Chef

Sanjeev. A week-long contest, Cook for Me, was launched by Chef Sanjeev, Kapoor where more than 300 people participated and submitted their recipes.

The one-of-its kind competition which was designed to provide a platform to amateur chefs and food lovers to showcase their culinary talent through live

cooking

on ‘innovative and healthy food” witnessed a huge audience early this week. Chef Sanjeev along with food entrepreneur Ravi Saxena and Pallavi Saxena and his team chose the real

wonder chef

among hundreds of participants.

The winners of the contest were Sumana Chaudhary (winner), Namita Krishnan Iyer (1st runner up) and Raveena Mollani (2nd runner-up).

Chef Sanjeev said, “I am very happy and overwhelmed to see the enthusiasm and zeal in Pune's people. It gives me immense pleasure to see an evolving cooking culture with such innovative recipes."