Registration can be done in the following ways:

Fill in the registrations form on the website.

Send us a WhatsApp message on +91 8591077073 and we will share the registration form

Write to us at sumit@cookadreamchallenge.com or deepa@cookadream.com

Round 1 registrations close on 30th November 2020 and the last date for submissions is 7th December 2020.

Interested schools can email to us or Whatsapp to us for getting associated/participating at the school level. We offer discounts based on the number of registrations from the school.

Right now the registration is free. We will be refunding the registration fee to the participants who have registered by paying a registration fee.

Participants can choose to cook a dish for any 1 or all the 5 categories. The recipe should hero millets or the participants can cook a dish that is close to their heart. Only 1 recipe can be submitted per registration. Up to 5 registrations can be made by one participant.

The recipes can be submitted on the website, shared via email, or WhatApp or Google forms. The recipes have to be submitted in the given format.

Recipes have to be submitted with the recipe name, the category code and the recipe code.

Category Code:

1. Superb Salads : SS

2. Scrumptious Snacks : SSN

3. Mouthwatering Main Course : MM

4. Delectable Desserts : DD

5. Lively Local Delights : LL

Recipe Code:

1. Non Veg : NV

2. Vegetarian : VG

3. Vegan : VN

4. Ayurvedic : AY

Attach 4 photographs of the dish at 4 different stages during cooking. Participants can also submit recipes in a video format.

Any cooking method can be used. For e.g., steaming, pressure cooking, sautéing, pan frying, deep frying, cooking in leaves or paper, baking, grilling, whipping, microwaving etc.

The results of Round 1 will be declared by 14th December 2020.

Round 2 is again about creating a recipe that heroes millets, by including 1 GI Tagged produce from the given list. Participants can also elevate the recipe they cooked for Round 1 by taking it to the next level. The participants will have to submit the recipes and the videos of them cooking these.

GI Tagged Produce List:

1. Betel leaf

2. Darjeeling Tea

3. Basmati Rice

4. Turmeric

5. Coconut

6. Cardamom

7. Coffee

8. Black Pepper

9. Jaggery

10. Banana

11. Orange

12. Strawberry

The participant can choose to cook a recipe that heroes millets and 1 GI Tagged produce from the given list, for any 1 of the categories. Participants can also elevate the recipe they cooked for Round 1 by taking it to the next level.

Follow the instructions given below for making a video.

Round 2 results will be declared on 18th December 2020

100 participants, i.e., 20 participants per category will cook in the Grand Finale

Round 3 will be held on 20th December 2020

The participants can choose to cook a dish for any 1 of the categories. The recipe should hero millets and 1 GI Tagged produce and should address one nutritional deficiency. The participants can also cook a dish applying all the skills that they learned during the workshops, and make it worthy of being served in a fine dine restaurant.

List of Deficiencies:

1. Vitamin D

2. Vitamin B12

3. Folate

4. Iron

The recipes will be evaluated by different sets of experts from the culinary industry for different levels. This would involve junior and senior chefs and food experts.

The evaluations will be done on the following parameters:

Round 1:

1. The proportion of millets to other ingredients

2. Authenticity of the recipe (for the cook from your heart recipes)

3. Choice of complementing ingredients

4. Practicality of the recipe

5. Alignment of the recipe and the photographs shared

6. Creativity, presentation and out of the box ideas

Round 2:

1. The proportion of millets and GI Tagged produce to other ingredients

2. Enhancement of the recipe (for the cook from your heart recipes)

3. Choice of GI Tagged produce to complement the millets

4. Correctness of the processes chosen

5. Alignment of the recipe and the video shared

6. Plating and taste of the tested recipe

Round 3:

1. The potential of the recipe to address the chosen nutritional deficiency

2. The proportion of millets and GI Tagged produce to other ingredients

3. The potential of the recipe to be served in a fine dine restaurant

4. The alignment of the recipe to the ‘Local to Global’ mantra

5. Plating, taste, textures, colours,

6. Answers to the evaluators’ questions

7. Viewer’s votes

The specially curated workshops will be spread over the duration of the challenge. Prior intimation will be sent to all the participants. All the registered participants will be invited well in advance to participate in all these workshops that would focus on the essential Knowledge, Skills and Attitude for the Culinary World.