i. Budding Chef Competition

The Budding Chef Competition 2024 theme is “Reviving Culinary Heritage of India”. Therefore the participants have to prepare a traditional Indian dish that is not very commonly seen or is lost with time or a nostalgic dish that will take us back in time.

Vedatya has nearly four acres of fruit and vegetable farms dedicated to serving fresh, healthy, and sustainable produce. The farming initiative provides a platform to engage our students with concepts like farm-to-fork and organic sustainability in culinary arts.

The Chef Competition finds an interesting setting at Vedatya, given the above-mentioned differentiators, enabling participants to simultaneously engage and learn as they showcase their talent. It is indeed a fantastic opportunity for all the students to demonstrate their skills, creativity, and passion for a potential culinary / hospitality pathway.

Participants will compete in teams of two each and the participants need to bring ingredients on their own; however, basic ingredients will be provided by the institute if required.

ii. “The Joy of Draping” – Innovative Body Adornment Through Draping of Cloth

Uncut cloth is a wonderful way to adorn our bodies. From Saris and Sarongs to Greek Gods and Goddesses, uncut cloth draped over our bodies have been a way to express ourselves and our social stature for centuries. Draping is a wonder- fully creative way to express moods and feelings and gives tremendous flexibility for achieving varied results.

In this competition, participants will bring their own uncut cloth in the form of saris, yardage, turbans, dhoties, bedsheets, or any other long-form cloth and attempt to express their concept of adornment through draping. They will be allowed to use pins, hooks, or other means to hold the cloth together and create the desired effect. The focus will be on innovative ways of draping and will be supported by a story on the character surrounding the design. The contest will be judged by an expert from the fashion world and will be done through a ramp walk and show.

Participants will compete in the form of teams of three to five students each ideally, but a minimum size of three team members are required to participate in this competition.

iii. “Ad-Mad Show“- Where Creativity Meets Madness

AD MAD SHOW is an ‘Advertisement Making Competition’ School students to showcase their creativity in marketing products and services. Its objective is to acquaint the students with promotional strategies in marketing through advertisements. It consists of humorous, conceptual ad presentations by the students.

Students will prepare and act out advertisement scripts and ideas relevant for different sectors including FMCG products, services, automobiles, culture, heritage and social awareness etc. All the teams will be given a time frame to showcase their talent. The students would be required to be in a team size of 2 to 4.

Each team will get a ‘client brief’ in real time through a draw of lots and will need to develop an advertising pitch realtime.

iv. Pitch your dream Hospitality start-up idea

The participants will need to build a basic business plan around a dream venture focused on a hospitality product/ser- vice. The plan will be expected to demonstrate feasibility and include aspects of marketing strategies, and financial forecasting for profitability. This competition is a group based activity with minimum 2 to maximum 4 participants per team. The pitch will be judged by industry experts/entrepreneurs.

The competition will have 2 stages.

Stage 1: This will be an elimination round. The teams will be given a window of 5 minutes in which they have to pitch their hospitality startup idea. Those teams who are selected will go through the next stage. This is what contestants will come prepared with, ready to present.

Stage 2: Top 10 teams will make it to this final round. The team’s will have an hour to use feedback given in the 1st round to quickly revise, adapt their pitch and get ready for a final showdown.The timings for the presentation in the final round will be a 7 minute window and there will be 3 minutes of question answer session.

v. Be a ‘Change Maker’ – make Reels that are the Real Deal

The competition invites students to showcase their creativity and storytelling skills through digital media. Participants will create engaging reels in real time that capture service moments or Muqabla event related content around the campus. The digital content should have a message that contesting teams want to share. These reels will be shared on Instagram, the winning team will be determined based on the quality of their content and the engagement it receives, including likes and shares. Students will participate in teams of two and be given 2 hours to make and edit their reel and 10 minutes for the presentation.

NOTE: More details on the competition will be shared separately with registered contestants closer to the date.