Amway India Hosts National Nutrilite Protein Recipe Contest Talent Hunt for India's Best Chef

If you are a health conscious Home maker and struggle to lure your family members’ palate with a wide repertoire of healthy food to bring smiles on their faces, a bevy of innovative nutritious recipes are awaiting for you- courtesy Amway India’s “Nutrilite Protein Recipe Contest.”

Amway India, country’s largest Direct Selling FMCG Company, played host to the Nutrilite Protein Recipe Contest in Mumbai today. Nutrilite Protein Recipe Contest is an all India talent hunt for India’s Best Chef having culinary skills coupled with health quotient. The contest was designed specially to encourage common people to don the chef’s cap and come up with innovative collection of nutritious & delectable dishes using Nutrilite Protein Powder as one of the ingredients. The two fold objectives of contest are 1) Encourage people to inculcate healthy eating habits in their daily routine and 2) To inspire homemakers to include Protein as an integral part of their regular diet.  The contest central idea is to encourage today’s urban population to eat a protein rich diet with low carbohydrate and fat content.

Nutritionist & Chef Pankaj Bhadouria of Master Chef India, Season One fame and author of Master Chef India Cookbook adjudged the top three winners in north, east, west and southern regions of India.

A formal function at Megarugus banquet hall, Andheri, Mumbai held the Western region’s grand finale of Nutrilite Protein Recipe Contest. The challenge for the top ten selected chefs of west was to prepare their innovative recipes live in presence of Master Chef Pankaj Bhadouria. The contestants were given an hour to prepare their dishes by using healthy ingredients and Nutrilite Protein Powder.

Chef Pankaj evaluated the preparations and chose the top three dishes.  Mrs. Nilambari Jacob bagged first , Mrs. Deepali Patil second and third prizes respectively. The winners were presented exciting prizes like a three door refrigerator - the first prize and Microwave convection ovens for second and Mrs. Manjusha Jitkar third positions.

Commenting on the competition Mr. Naveen Anand, Sr. Vice President, Marketing, Amway India said, “Amway is positioned as health & Beauty Company and our endeavors have  always been to promote optimal health. Healthy eating is a prerequisite for well-being. Repertoire of great recipes from Nutrilite Protein Recipe Contest is one of the novel ways to promote healthy eating.

He further added “Junk Food rules the roost in today’s hectic and stressful life. The rapid urbanization and modern day stressful business and office life attribute to the growth of 1 billon dollar wellness industry in India. Preventive healthcare will assume importance in coming years as the desire to lead healthier and happier and longer lives among consumers will prevail. Amway’s Nutrilite will provide the required wellness solutions to our distributors as well as end users”

“All the contestants put their best effort in churning out the delicious dishes by keeping their nutritious value intact. I appreciate Amway for taking such initiative to increase awareness on healthy eating and providing the common people the platform to showcase their culinary skills”, commented Chef Pankaj Bhadouria.