The NDTV Food Awards 2025 took place on 21 March 2025 at JW Marriott in Goa. At night, the best chefs, restaurants, food items of the country brought the creators and enthusiastic people together to honor the country’s excellence. Whether it was good food, casual café, or sustainable food undertaking, every corner of the food world was represented in this program. And 73 eminent tastelers across India raised the best hand in 31 categories through a comprehensive evaluation process. The jury had a mixture of experienced professionals, each of which brought the unique approach to the table. Let’s meet the jury.
NDTV Food Awards 2025 Grand Jury:
The Grand Jury Who selected the top restaurants and chefs from all over India Shubam BhatnagarNDTV Editor in Food and Travel, Priyarna KarthaNDTV food and travel, food and travel authors Amit Dixit, Ruth Dasuja Prabhu And Sorish bhattacharyaFood writer Ananya Banerjee, Ashwin rajagopalan, Bindu Gopal Rao, Gautam Anand, Karen Anand, Maria Goreti, Neeta Mehta, Odate mascaranehasAnd Pallavi PassrichaFilmmaker Hansal Mehtamaster Chef Sanjit gillChef and digital material manufacturer Partha Bajaj, Sanjeet Keer And Tara DeshpandeLifestyle journalist Priya PathianTV show host and columnist Rashmi Uday SinghFood Chronicler Rocky MohanAnd chefs and TV hosts Zarine Khan,
NDTV Food Award 2025 Regional Jury:
A panel that contains regional tastemakers evaluated eligible entries in North, East, West, Central and South India. The winners were shortlisted on the basis of Pak innovation, quality and their overall contribution in the food and beverage industry.
From North areaThe jury consisted of food travel and lifestyle journalists Geetika SachdevaDrinking Advisor and Luxury Food Writer Magandeep SinghFood and travel journalist Neha Grover And Sushmita shrivastavaFood writer and critic Pawan SoniLuxury writer and editor Priya RanaFood material manufacturer Rahul PrabhakarFood material manufacturer and writer Rocky Singh And Shivesh BhatiaWriter, Pak Crossller and Advisor Rashina M GhildiyalFood and travel writer Shibani BawaDesigner, artist and culinary advisor Tahir Sultan And content manufacturer Uma Raghuraman,
From Central and former regionJury included Ankita Chakravarti And Rishi Raj Ghosh – Co-founder of Calcutta Cacofni, Chef Advisor Farah Naz LaskarWriter and food items manufacturer Indrajit LahiriFood and film writer Porona BanerjeeJournalist and writer Pritisha BorthakurFood and culture writer Priyadarshan ChatterjeeF&B advisor, food writer and material manufacturer Rukashana KapadiaAdvisor Chef and Teacher Sanjukta DasMaterial strategist and Pak explorer Sibendu dasFood columnist Subjejit Bhattacharya And the author of the book ‘Beyond Dalma’ Sweeta Biswal,
From The West ZoneThe jury consisted of food and travel writers Atish Nath, Prachi Joshi And Insia LeswalaEntertainment and lifestyle journalist Deepali DhingraFood writer and digital manufacturer Welfare workerArchitect Khushunu Pangathki hoofF&B writer and hospitality advisor Nikhil merchant And Priyanko SarkarFood and travel journalist Nivedita Jairam Pawar And Rituparna RoyJournalist and writer Noor Mayal KhannaJournalist and food writer Forum pandyaTravel writer and photographer Rishad Sam MehtaLifestyle Shilpa MadanF&B journalist and content manufacturer Smita Menon And liquor teacher Sonal Holland,
From the south region, the jury included the princess of Vijayanagaram Vidya Gajapati Raju SinghTravel and lifestyle writer Anita Rao KashiAuthor Aslam Gafur And Priya BalaRecipe curator and cookbook writer Hina GujralFood, travel and lifestyle writer Deepa Shri RajanCook school director Nimmi PaulMarketing lead on last9 Sahil Khan And food curator and researchers Yogita Uchil,
Click here for the complete list of NDTV Food Awards 2025 winners.
