Indian Culinary Forum - ICF
The Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) was formed at New Delhi in 1987 as an exclusive non-profit association of and for members of the culinary profession across the nation. The forum?s objective is to act as a link, a platform, a useful and necessary instrument for the national community of chefs.
The strength of the ICF membership has grown over the years to 150 members.
Activities
- To provide effective material and moral support to members.
- To defend the general interests of the profession, to preserve, propagate and develop the genuine principles of culinary art.
- To centralise and distribute useful information to members.
- To safeguard and further the dignity and high vocational and social standing of the profession.
- To popularise Indian cuisine through various media in international markets.
- To educate people about food and the profession through a series of programmes.
- To organise regional and national culinary shows to promote excellence in the field of food production. The best national talents could represent India and be honoured by various international culinary associations.
- To be involved in hotel schools and apprenticeship training programmes.
- To publish a National Directory of Chefs and a quarterly newsletter for the members.
- To assist professional chefs to publish books and write articles on their specialty cuisines.
- To create a platform that will liaise with the government to help develop the chef community.
- To make our country a proud and respected member of the World Association of Cooks Societies (WACS) to help in the globalisation of the Indian Chef.
The Governing Body of ICFA Northern chapter of IFCA
President Chef Davinder Kumar
Vice President Chef Susil Chug
General Secretary Chef S Zacharia
Treasurer Chef Sanjeev Yadav
