G20 Summit: ITC Maurya, Taj Palace and other hotels selected for top world leadersAs top world leaders prepare to attend the G20 summit in Delhi, close to 3,500 hotel rooms in Delhi and Gurgaon have been booked. Over 10,0...
27 Aug, 2023, 11.02 AM IST
Litti chokha, masala dosa, fried hilsa: 5 desi YouTube influencers share their food memoriesFrom East & West to North & South, India jogs food memories for these influencers.
12 Aug, 2022, 04.55 PM IST
Sunday Poser: Rahul Dravid ko gussa kyoon aata hain?The new Cred television commercial starring Jim (Sarbh) and Jammy (Rahul Dravid) is like a mini punk song - it goes by in a flash and doesn...
17 Apr, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
How ice cream makers in Indian metros are going to town this summerBoutique-made fresh ice creams without preservatives and emulsifiers are the in thing in the Rs 1,200 cr premium ice cream space.
13 May, 2018, 10.30 AM IST
How refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar are sustained by their food memories in DelhiILHAM Afghan Cuisine, an initiative for Afghan refugee single mothers, is not just a source of livelihood, but rather a means of keeping th...
03 Dec, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
The Kashmir stories that have eluded the headlinesMir, who belongs to Srinagar and talks about Kashmir's indigenous baking tradition, enrolled for a diploma in French bakery in Paris and wo...
17 Jul, 2016, 11.02 AM IST
How next-gen from families of traditional tea businesses are trying to give cuppa a hipper twistKolkata got its first specialty tea boutique way back in 1987 when Dolly Roy, India’s first woman tea taster and tea auctioneer, opened the...
01 May, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
Startups ride the 'nostalgic' tide to name and advertise their firmsThe 205-second advertisement of Hector Beverages’ Paper Boat brand of drinks, by Lintas Productions, aims to evoke one emotion: Nostalgia.
06 Oct, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
How food startups like Chai Point and Bhukkad use dedicated hubs for deliveryDark stores, or physical delivery hubs that serve orders coming in through mobile, web or call centre, are being increasingly set up by new...
28 Aug, 2015, 04.55 AM IST
Chaayos bets on $10 billion Chai market in IndiaChaayos is in advance talks with venture capital funds and is hoping to close the deal soon.
05 Apr, 2015, 01.46 PM IST
Flavour Labs: Why the boutique food & hospitality company is betting on food trucksThose of us who ever lived in a small town will remember the sonorous sound of metal ladle striking iron skillet of the local tikki-wallah ...
05 Apr, 2015, 09.54 AM IST
Indian diners looking for inventive food formats; but retain fixation with indigenous flavoursDespite the tendency to play safe, the much reviled reluctance to go beyond paneer and (boneless) chicken, and despite the success of me-to...
11 Jan, 2015, 04.12 AM IST
Two failures and finally successSamadhan Systems developed a video delivery platform which enabled a consumer with entry level feature phone to have an enjoyable video exp...
27 Nov, 2014, 10.39 PM IST
Many IIT grads quitting high-profile jobs to start their own cos in the $48-billion food sectorLast November, IIT Bombay grad Manish Goyal quit his job and founded Foodies Compass, an e-platform that solves the ‘what to eat?’ dilemma.
29 Jul, 2014, 04.46 PM IST
2 IITians open tea cafe chain in NCR; look to venture capital fundingCurrently, there are five cafes with the theme 'Experiments with Chai' in Gurgaon and Noida and five more would be opened by the end of thi...
02 Jul, 2014, 04.33 PM IST
Tea retail chain Chai Point raises Rs 10 crore from Saama CapitalTea retail chain Chai Point has raised its first round of venture funding to open more stores and launch two more beverages for consumers a...
08 May, 2014, 02.49 PM IST
Restaurateur AD Singh cooking up a storm by investing in new concepts and mentoring young chefsThe audiences they tap into are different from the older, aiming-at-sophistication set. And the food is certainly not comfort Med.
01 Dec, 2013, 06.06 AM IST