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| The Stage & Venue |
It was a night like no other, when the food & beverage fraternity awaits with eagerness and hope; a hope to win the coveted Times Food Guide Award for their restaurant, lounge, bar, nightclub. This year like the last this prestigious event was hosted by The Westin Pune Koregaon Park on Feb 18, 2012 and by the sheer scale of the event the venue Inspirations at the hotel was buzzing with industry's best, media and celebrities.
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| Abhijit, Karen Anand, Mugdha Godse and Jackie Shroff |
Mugdha Godse, Jackie Shroff, Abhijit Bhattacharya, Karen Anand, Zeba Kohli, Rahul Deshpande, Monika Trivedi and Neelam Seolekar were all present at the event. Karen Anand along with noted Bollywood celebrities Abhijit, Mugdha Godse and Jackie Shroff launched the 2012 edition of Times Food Guide for the city of Pune.
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| The Westin Pune Koregaon Park |
The Westin Pune Koregaon Park team was all geared and anticipating the show. General Manager, Anuraag Bhatnagar was accompanied by Martin Jones, Vice President Food & Beverage, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific to be the perfect host for the evening.
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| Pritam Rai, Chef Valerio Pachetti, Anuraag Bhatnagar, Chef Santosh Jori |
As the night progressed Prego - the fun Italian dining bagged its third consecutive award at Times Food Guide and second for Best Italian Cuisine. The team of Prego, along with the Executive Chef Santosh Jori and General Manager received the award.
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| JK Pillai, Chef Kapil, Piyush Deshmukh, Devesh Rawat, Punit Sheth |
Further into the night the ultimate night destination Kue Bar won the Best Bar and was received by team Kue Bar along with Director F&B, Devesh Rawat and EAM, Punit Sheth.
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| Kue Bar presentation at Times Food Guide Awards 2012 |
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| Prego presentation at Times Food Guide Awards 2012 |
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| Martin Jones, VP - Food & Beverage, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific with Nikhil Kapur - GM Ista Pune |
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| Mugdha Godse |
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| Rahul Deshpande with wife |
The guests & media present at the event were engaged in some real time live microblogging on Twitter along with the hotel extending the evening beyond the actual venue. Some shared images about the guests, awards, food from the venue on Foursquare & Twitter making the event a one of a kind web 2.0 engaging show.
Congratulations on your several awards! :) And a great big thanks from Terttulia for the fantastic hospitality!
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