EazyDiner Foodie awards held in Gurgaon, Kapil Chopra, Sanjay Rishi join board of EazyDiner

NEW DELHI: The first EazyDiner Foodie awards were held at The Oberoi, Gurgaon and the award ceremony recognised and rewarded the ‘best and the brighest’ - restaurants and chefs who have contributed significantly to the dining universe of the metropolis.
Sanjay Rishi, regional president, American Express and Kapil Chopra, president, The Oberoi Group have joined the board of directors of EazyDiner.com. Founded in 2014, EazyDiner is India's first online reservation platform curated by Vir Sanghvi and other hoteliers.

Food connoisseur Vir Sanghvi turned the spotlight on his picks in the ‘Critic’s award category’ while the selection process for the ‘People’s choice awards category’ was validated’ by KPMG.

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh, restaurateurs Riyaz Amlani and AD Singh, MakeMyTrip founder Deep Kalra, award winning artist Subodh Gupta, fashion designer Deepika Govind and actor Jas Arora were among those present. Jiggs Kalra and Marut Sikka were among the list of celebrated winners in attendance.

Rohit Dasgupta, chief operating officer of EazyDiner said: “We are very excited with the growth that we have seen in the last one year in Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune. The response to EazyDiner has been phenomenal and we are pleasantly surprised with how readily people have welcomed and literally embraced a new way to make restaurant reservations. Not only are we bringing about a dining revolution, but we are also filling up restaurants like never before as diners continue to save substantial money and time, every time they dine through us”.

Deepak Shahdadpuri, managing director, DSG Consumer Partners and a key stakeholder said: “More than ever, diners are choosing where to dine and making bookings based on information accessed on their mobile devices. EazyDiner has significantly enhanced its product and services since its initial launch, incorporating learnings from each new market and its unique set of diners and restaurants. EazyDiner works very hard every day for its diners and restaurants to make the dining out experience easier and more fun.”

EazyDiner's advisory council includes Vikram Oberoi, managing director and chief executive officer, The Oberoi Group, Dilip Puri, managing director, India and regional vice president, South Asia, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Dinesh Nair, co-chairman and managing director, The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts, and Amit Burman, vice chairman, Dabur India Limited, founder — Lite Bite Foods Restaurant Chain Company, Chinmai Sharma, chief revenue officer, Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces, Gaggan Anand - owner and executive chef, Gaggan, Bangkok, Anjan Chatterjee, founder and CEO, Specialty Restaurants, Zorawar Kalra, founder and managing director, Massive Restaurants, Dipak Haksar chief operating officer, ITC Hotels, and Sourish Bhattacharyya, founder member, Delhi Gourmet Club.