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The only Culinary Challenge that offers a 360’ experience for home cooks, driven by technology and the chance to participate from the comfort of your home.

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Hey Foodies!

Welcome… Are you passionate about cooking? Are you a culinarian at heart? Do you believe cooking is a science that is a good balance between The Brain & The Brawn?

The Culicon Experience 2021 is here, the hunt for the talented home cook has begun.

Register yourself now to the biggest and the only culinary experience of its kind and give yourself a chance to be called the first ever culinary icon.

Play-Win-Learn

The Culicon Experience is gamified, which allows you to play to your strengths.

Get ready! Its time to show your cooking skills & knowledge to the world.

Compete in  
4 DOMAINS

Compete in  
4 ROUNDS

1 Week

Multiple
Prizes

The domains you can compete in are as follows

WOK this Way
You will be judged based on your knowledge about savory cooking.

Salt - Acid - Fat - Heat

(Savoury Cooking Challenge)

Out of the WOK into the Oven
You will be judged based on your knowledge about baking.

Baking Bread

(Baking Challenge)

Sweet dreams are made of this
You will be judged based on your knowledge about making sweet desserts.

DessertS - StresseD

(Desserts Challenge)

Shaken & stirred
You will be judged based on your knowledge about mixing/making beverages.

Shaken & Stirred

(Beverage Challenge)

Multiple Rounds

The competition will take place through 4 rounds & will carry 100 points in all.

Appetizer Round

(The Theory Round)

Multiple choice questions on basics of safety, hygiene, ingredients, cooking processes etc. in a online test format. Here’s a little hint. I think you will know it all.

Starters Round

(The Skills Round)

This round will be testing your knowledge on some basic kitchen skills, simple audio / visual round

Main Course Round

(The Practicals Round)

The Third round is the Practical Round. ‘How’ you prepare your favorite dish with the ingredients, process, method of cooking and plating.

Dessert Round

(The Social media Round)

Social media round, Create your profile and get your votes. The more you share, the more votes you get, & the more points you get, Its that simple.

So what are you waiting for?

Hurry up and register

Get your thinking caps on and refresh your knowledge on the different ingredients used in a dish, the methods of preparation and presentation, and the intricacies of cooking!

Get ready with your quirky ideas, your meal prep solutions and your secret Go- to 5 minute recipes. And all this from the comfort of your home!

The winners will be selected by a distinguished panel consisting of chefs, food bloggers and experienced food personalities. And the prizes will be super exciting too.

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There are also multiple prizes to be won

Multiple prizes to be won (20+ different titles and trophies)

Loads of goodies (goodie bag for every registered participant)

Detailed Report Cards (analyzing the scores and mapping competencies)

No elimination between rounds.

Overall Aggregate scores to be considered

20 different prizes to be won –over two lakhs in cash prizes to be given away..

12 trophies. Multiple prizes to be won (20+ different titles and trophies

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About pinyata foods

Pinyata Foods —founded by Mahesh Vorkady— is a company started with the objective of exploring multiple opportunities in the food tech space, ranging from creating, learning and Reward & Recognition programs for personnel in the industry, to setting up a network of chef aggregation and a lot more, by using technology as an enabler for innovation, growth and profit for businesses, professionals and institutions.

The Founder

Mahesh Vorkady

The Founder of The Culicon Experience. As a first generation serial entrepreneur he has created opportunities and built successful ventures across India and Sri lanka in a multitude of fields including technology, automobile, education, visual merchandise and hospitality. He is a passionate foodie, a qualified chef and a keen believer in the power of technology to bring about a positive impact in our communities -all of the things that have led him to found The Culicon Experience.