Guidelines for Submitting Award Entries

1. The dishes prepared and served for the Live Tasting Round must be entirely vegetarian.

2. The event must have been held between April 01, 2024 to March 31, 2025

3. If a company is filling a nomination in multiple categories, kindly ensure that the information and supportings provided must be category specific.

4. The form consists of 3 sections: Participant details, questions to be answered and supporting material (pictures, video, testimonial, etc.).

5. All questions must be answered and incomplete forms will lead to disqualification. A crisp and to-the-point write-up is required for evaluation. All the salient points related to the selected category should be covered in the nomination. Writeups should not exceed 300 words & should preferably be filled in bullet points

6. Supporting Material:

• Pictures: should not exceed 3 MB and must be in JPEG / PNG format.
• Video: Duration should not exceed 2 minutes, must be less than 300 MB and must be in MP4 format.
• PDF / PPT: should not have more than 10 slides and must be less than 7 MB.

7. Kindly ensure the following

• Name, logo or any kind of branding of your organization must not be present in the answers, pictures, customer testimonial or in the video for all categories except for specific categories as mentioned in the form.
• Attachments can be pictures/collage, must be relevant to the category and must be for the nominated event.

8. Lion Box / DropBox/ WeTransfer links will not be accepted.

9. Settings of Google Drive links need to be made public.

10. Based on the eligibility criteria, the qualified entries will be shared with the jury for evaluation.

11. Award Management holds the right to disqualify any application that does not meet the eligibility criteria without assigning any reason whatsoever.

12. Information provided by the Participant will be confidential and will be used only for the limited purpose of evaluating the entry to these Awards.

13. For all Live-Tasting Categories:

1. Tasting & Presentation Round: Shortlisted participants will be invited to a live food tasting and presentation round, scheduled to take place during the main event in September. Evaluation will be based on the dishes prepared and their presentation during this round.
2. Dishes to be prepared in the live tasting round: Participants will be informed of the specific dishes to be prepared for the live tasting round approximately one week prior to the event (self-selected dishes will not be allowed). All dishes must be strictly vegetarian.
3. Setup & Presentation Requirements: For the live tasting round, participants will be provided with designated table space. However, they are required to curate and bring all essential elements for their presentation — including cooking equipment, ingredients, setup décor, crockery, and cutlery