Mahalakshmi Rajesh was adjudged the winner of the preliminary round of the third edition of The Hindu ‘Our State Our Taste’ contest, held in Puducherry on Sunday.
She prepared a total of 51 dishes that represented flavours from across Tamil Nadu. D. Ilakya was adjudged the first runner-up, while Sathiamoorthy was declared the second runner-up of the contest. Participants presented a minimum of two dishes, of which one represented the flavour of Tamil Nadu with “Namba Ooru Namba Savorit Pasta”.
The judge for the contest, chef K. Damodaran, said the judging criteria for the dishes were based on the taste, texture, flavour and presentation.
K.R. Pradeep, branch head of The Hindu Group; J. Kumar, Prakash super store-authorised Vidiem distributor; T. Vignesh, Vignesh and co – Savorit distributor; K. Michael Raj from Maduram rice; S. Saravanan, Annai and co., distributor–RKG Ghee; V Sathish, Sri Venkateshwara traders, distributor-RKG Ghee; S. Patchayappan, distributor - Maduram Rice; P. Velmurugan from Kaleeshwari refinery and Ganesh, general manager, Hotel Athithi TGI grand were present for the inauguration and the prize distribution.
Vidiem Kitchen Appliances is the title sponsor for the event. The contest was powered by Savorit and Madhuram Rice, in association with RKG Ghee and Cardia Advanced Groundnut Oil. LG Asafoetida is the asafoetida partner and Naga Food the associate partner. The divinity partner is ITC Mangaldeep and spices partner is Everest Masala. The banking partner is Karur Vysya Bank, the magazine partner Aval Vikatan and the media partner Hindu Tamil Thisai. The GEC partner is Kalaignar TV and news channel partner is Kalaignar Seidhigal. The venue partner is Hotel Atithi TGI Grand, Puducherry.
