Jaipur celebrates the best in food and culinary art

The Times Food and Nightlife Awards 2019 saw the city’s who’s who raising a toast to the best in food and culinary art

One of the most awaited events in the city – the Times Food and Nightlife Awards – was back on Saturday with a glitzy ceremony to celebrate the best of food and nightlife in Jaipur. The food Oscars, hosted at Hotel Crowne Plaza Jaipur Tonk Road, began with emcee Zuhair Abbas welcoming the guests, followed by food critic Dharmendar Kanwar talking about the awards.

Best North Indian (Casual): HandiArjun Kuchhal, Gurinder Virk and Kunal Kuchhal receive the award from Businesswoman Vinnie Kakkar

The evening featured the city’s best restaurateurs, nightclub owners, bakers and of course, food connoisseurs. The winners were chosen from 31 categories.

Restrurateurs of the Year: Kushal Sushil, Sankalp Gupta and Raunak Khandelwal from Nibs Cafe & Chocolataria receive the award from Miss India UK 2012 Deana Uppal


Vishvapreet Singh Cheema, General Manager, Crowne Plaza Jaipur, said, “We are delighted to host the Times Food and Nightlife Awards 2019, which celebrates the finest of food and beverage trendsetters in the Pink City. Partnering with the Times of India for the most awaited food and beverage awards in the country is a brand synergy that we look forward to. We stand true to our ethos of ‘true hospitality for everyone’. Our team wins for House of Han (Best Chinese – Premium Dining) and The Royal Root (Best North Indian – Premium Dining) is a great start to the New Year and a testimony to our commitment to woo the culinary enthusiasts of the city, and making business travel work for our patrons.”

Best Italian (Premium: Giardino Anish Kumar and Chef Pankaj Bhardwaj receive the award from Bigg Boss 12 contestant Saba Khan

The celebration partners of the night were Seagram’s Blenders Pride Reserve Collection Music CDs.

Best Alfresco Bar (Nightlife) The Forresta Kitchen & Bar- Maniesh Devraj receive the award from actress Deepshikha Nagpal

Best All Day Dining (Premiun) Mosaic -Chef Mayank Mathur, Vivek Jain, Rajesh Rajpurohit, Vivek Chugh and Vidhu Mathur receive the award from film distributor Raj Bansal

Best Bar Pub with Dancing (Nightlife)F Bar & Lounge -Lokesh Sharma receive the award from Inderjit Singh Dhingra Senior Manager Trade Marketing, Pernod Ricard India

Best Cafe (Casual) Nibs Cafe And Chocolataria-Chef Manu Murlidharan (L) and Sunil Lohiya receive the award from Vishvapreet Singh Cheema, General Manager, Crowne Plaza Jaipur Tonk Road

Best Chinese (Premium) House OF Han Sandeep Kumar, Virendra Prakash and Chef Lee Tuck receive the award from archer Rajat Chauhan

Best Continental (Casual) On The House (OTH) Dushyant Singh receive the award from TV actress Shireen Mirza

Best Continental (Premium) Jal Mahal Abhimanyu Agarwal, Sujit Das, Chef Navneet Singh and Lakshika Singh receive the award from sculptor Arjun Prajapati

Best Lobby Bar (Nightlife) Mansagar- Sarin Monish, Prakhar Dhyani, Pallavi Deb and Sumit Rawat receive the award from TV actors Anjali Priya and Aditi Rawat

Best Lounge Bar (Nightlife) Farzi Café (L-R) Vivek Jain, Rajesh Rajpurohit, Ashish Milind and Mudit Narula receive the award from actress Deepshikha Nagpal

Best Mithai Shop (Casual) Kesar Sweets -Daljeet (L) and Divya Arora receive the award from Bollywood singer Ravindra Upadhyay

Best Multi Cuisine (Premium) Jaipur Pavilion (L-R) Chef Parul Kapoor, Vikram Kaplish, Mahender Rathore and Archana Bhadouria receive the award from literary consultant Mita Kapur

Best North Indian (Premium) The Royal Root Chef Vinod Mamgai, Amar Singh, Sanjay Sisodia, Chef Sudhir Sharma receive the award from culturist Sundeep Bhutoria

Best Rajasthani (Premium) Chaandi (L-R Chef Japvir Vohra, Rahul Kaintura and Chef Vinod Kumar receive the award from Usha Poonia

Best Restobar (Nightlife) Roadhouse Bar & Grill -Executive chef Arindam Bahel (L) and Mohit Bhargava receive the award from educationist Sandeep Bakshi

Best South Indian (Casual) Decked Up By Garden Cafe- Deepak (L) and Dinar Nowlakha receive the award from Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia

Mixologist of the Year (Nightlife)-Jaipur Bar Stock Exchange (JBSE) Mixologist Vikash Singh (L) and Ravi Sharma receive the award from TV actor Avinash Sachdev

Restaurant of the Year LMB (L - R) Hiteshi Godhawat, Ananya Agarwal and Anjali Godhawat receive the award from Vishvapreet Singh Cheema, general manager, Crowne Plaza Jaipur Tonk Road

TAFE Best Health Food Restaurant -'Go Native' Café Quaint- Twinkle Singh, Preet Singh and Brijendra Singh receive the award from fashion designer Himmat Singh

Bar with Best Ambience Steam (L-R) Ram Rathore, Rishabh Bundela and chef Asish Roy receive the award from culturist Sundeep Bhutoria

Best BarPub Bigg Boss 12 contestants Saba and Somi Khan give away the award to Sonal Sajwan, Brijesh Kumar, Dharmender Kumar, Veerendra Meel and Abha Meel of Jaipur Adda

Best Multi Cuisine Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia gives away the award to Rajneesh Pardal and Hamit Pardal of Niros

Best Coffee Bar Businesswoman Vinnie Kakkar gives away the award to Saif and Shokat Panwar of café Lazy Mojo

Best Italian Bigg Boss 12 contestant Somi Khan gives away the award to Rinku and Ashwini Joshi of Mamu's Infusion