Second Edition of Top Food Blogger Awards Organized
The second edition of “Top Food Blogger Awards” organised by Sidd’s Hospitality and Candid Communication was held at Jameson Inn Shiraz in the esteemed presence of Chief Guests Mr. J Biswas (Assistant Director, Ministry of Tourism, Kolkata) and Mrs. Virginie Corteval (Consul General, France, Kolkata), the Guests of Honor was Mr. Kasemsan Thongsiri (Deputy Consul-General, The Royal Thai Consulate,Kolkata) and Agnimitra Paul. The night was also graced by the presence of Mr. Ishtiaque Ahmed (Managing Director of Jameson Inn Shiraz) along with renowned personalities like Mr. Satrajit Sen, Masterchef Priyanka M, Mr. Indroneel Mukherjee, DJ Akash , Mr. Dibyendu Barua and Mr. Sudarshan Chakraborty.
Top Food Blogger Awards was started with the objective to reward bloggers in segments of the quality of writing, the uniqueness of the subjects covered, the level of love displayed in the words on the virtual page and of course, the quality of the photographs and the level of love displayed in taking them.
Mr. Steven Lee was conferred with the prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award” by Mr. J Biswas and Mrs. Virginie Corteval.
The judge’s panel for the second edition of the Top Food Bloggers Award included Mrs. Bose, Director of IIHM), Ms. Birgit Holm (General Manager, Hyatt Regency Kolkata), Mr. Suman Chakraborty (CEO, Roman Books) and Mr. Steven Lee ( Head Chef and Owner of Hakkaland, United Kingdom).
The total numbers of awards were 24. The categories were Best Travel Blog, Most Inspired Weeknight Dinners, Best Food Instagram, Best Drinks Blog, Best Baking & Sweets Blog, Food & Culture Best Essay Award, Best Food Videos, Nuveau Food Blogger of the year, Best Photography, The Obsessive Award: Best SpecialInterest Blog and The Best Story Telling Blog of the year. All the categories were divided into two – Jury’s choice and people’s choice award.
The Winners of Top Food Blogger Awards 2019 are-
| CATEGORIES 2019 | PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD | JURY CHOICE AWARDS | |
| BEST FOOD TRAVEL BLOG | PRATIK BANERJEE | POORNA BANERJEE | |
| MOST INSPIRED WEEKNIGHT DINNERS | DR NILANJANA BHATTACHARYA | SUBHANKAR GHOSH | |
| BEST FOOD INSTAGRAM | SOHAM SINHA | TANMOY BASAK | |
| BEST DRINKS BLOG | DEBAJYOTI BASU RAY | SOURABH RANA | |
| BEST BAKING & SWEETS BLOG | DEBAJYOTI BASU RAY | DEBJANI CHATTERJEE ALAM | |
| FOOD & CULTURE BLOG | KIRTI MAHAMIA | ABHIMANYU CHAKRABORTY | |
| BEST FOOD VIDEOS | RAINA KSHETRY | INDRAJIT LAHIRI | |
| BEST NEW FOOD-GRAMMER | SREEJITA BISWAS | JAYDEEP SETH | |
| BEST PHOTOGRAPHY | RUKHSANA A KAPADIA & SUNEHA SAHA | RUKHSANA A KAPADIA & SUNEHA SAHA | |
| THE OBSESSIVE AWARD: BEST SPECIAL INTEREST BLOG | JUDE MARTIN | RAINA KSHETRY | |
| NUVEAU FOOD BLOGGER OF THE YEAR | PRITY PODDAR | ALOKEPARNA | |
| BEST STORYTELLING BLOG OF THE YEAR | DR NILANJANA BHATTACHARYA | INDRAJIT LAHIRI |
The initiative was supported by Samayaa- Trophy Partner, LIVitup- Anti Hangover Partner, Ndimension Labs-Digital & Technology Partner, Sanjha Chulha -F&B Partner for the Nomination Party, The Princess Diary-Makeover Session Partner, The Astor Hotel- Hospitality Partner for the Announcement Press Conference, Friends FM -Radio partner, Studio15-Documentation Partner, IIHM, Kolkata – Hospitality Partner for the Panel Discussion , Jameson Inn Shiraz- Hospitality Partner for the Grand Finale, Millennium Post- Print Media Partner, Siti Events -Channel Partner, Thai Airways- Official Airline Partner, Auli -Gift Partner and Bishal Photography Partner.