New Delhi, Dec.10 (ANI): Promoting, professionalizing and branding street food, the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) is organising a grand National Street Food Festival at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium from December 20 to 22.
The theme slogan of this culinary carnival is 'Swad hai, Romanch hai, Street Food ki Baat hi kuchh aur hai'.
NASVI has invited several union ministers, parliamentarians, development experts, industry representatives, culinary experts, food critics and civil society organizations to join the inaugural ceremony of the festival which would begin at noon on December 20.
On the last day, an awards ceremony would be organized wherein master street food vendors would be awarded in categories of hygiene, nutrition, serving, customer relation, innovation and popularity by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
Every day the festival would be in running rhythm from noon to 10 p.m. at night
Announcing this at the Press Club of India here today, NASVI national coordinator Arbind Singh said the winter delight is set to attract thousands of foodies over the three days, as master street food vendors of different regions of India would deliver their signature dishes.
More than 100 stalls of street foods of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab, Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam and Meghalaya would be on show at the festival. A stall from Sikkim is also expected.
The entry would be by ticket only. One time per person entry would cost just Rs. 30. The entry would be from Gate no 14 of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium complex.
Metro commuters can easily alight at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium metro station and come out from its gate no.3.
Timescity, RED FM 93.5 and BuzzinTown have so far announced to be the online media and communication partners of the festival, he added.
"Not just a unique battle of tastes, the carnival will be an advocacy event with a difference wherein the executives and functionaries of tourism, food processing, health, labour and employment departments and boards, and representatives of culinary institutes, development agencies, media and academic institutions would join together to share, acknowledge and celebrate the potentials and the possibilities of street food vending sector", said Mr. Singh.
"It will be an occasion to reassert that the grassroots street food entrepreneurs play a wonderful role in poverty reduction, employment generation and enterprise building, and they make cities charming for all", he said.
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