BRAND CAI WINS OVER ALL CHAMPIONS TROPHY IN

All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society (AISSMS) College of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Pune conducted ATITHYA -2019 – an International Inter-collegiate Hospitality Competitions from 6th to 8th February.

Team Brand CAI was represented by Ms.Amanda Esther, Mr. Ayush Sharma, Mr. Archit Arora, Mr. Saatvik, Mr. Siddharth Murarka, Mr. Nikhil Nair. Chef Srikanth, Pastry Chef accompanied the team as the Team Manager along with a student coordinator Mr. Aniket. It was a 3 day marathon of skill testing with a set of 12 competitions based on the 4 core departments of a Hotel (Food Production, F&B Service, Front Office and Housekeeping).

27 teams from all around the country like Christ College, Bemgaluru, Banarsidas Chandiwala IHMCT, New Delhi, DR. D.Y.Patil IHMCT, Mumbai, IHM, Kolkata and Bhopal and 1 international team, Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland were battling for the Overall Championship of Atithya 2019. The competition commenced on Feb 6th after the opening Ceremony with Global Eats – a 3 course international menu from a specific cuisine where CAI bagged its Gold Medal. Plight to Delight (Front Office role-play) was also conducted within the same time frame. In 2nd half CAI won a Silver Medal in Potpourri – A flower arrangement with dried flowers and also received praises for Gravity Cakes (Gravity defying cake decoration) and Cocktail Run – A relay of Cocktail making.

On the 1st half of second day, Team Cai bagged a Bronze Medal in Seicco Match Thy Wits – A hospitality quiz competition and a Gold Medal for Discovery of India – Re-discovering Indian Lost Recipes along with Sell It Hard – A competition on Beverage card planning and marketing a specific beverage. In the second half Cai bagged its 3rd Gold Medal for Budding Chef – a Food Tasting and Ingredient identification and also a 2nd Bronze Medal for 4th Dimesion which was a Restaurant Layout competition. The day also had a competition called Spice The Mice – an Event planning and presentation in form of PPT.

Two days of competition was very intense and the battle was neck to neck and yet Team Cai was leading the scorecard with a nominal difference from the second team. Each team had put in their best foot forward and there was no chance of an error and everything came down to the 3rd and final day of competition. It was Competency Trial(a treasure hunt) where the teams had to pass through a series of team based tasks pertaining to the Housekeeping, Food Production and Food and Beverage Service departments. Team Brand Cai has bagged its 4th Gold Medal by winning the Competency Trial and emerged as Overall Champions. The students of Brand CAI outperformed the other colleges in every aspect and created yet another benchmark.