The awards search for the UK’s most innovative and creative street food chef from the workplace and event catering sectors.
Vidhyashankar Gurumurthy is head chef retail at JP Morgan in London’s Canary Wharf.
He faced-off against 15 finalists in a live cook-off at the Islington Metal Works in London, in which he was required to cook technical and signature dishes in four heats. Each of the dishes was judged by a panel of key industry figures.
Gurumurthy's Indian vegetarian street food impressed the judging panel. His signature ‘chow platter’ consisted of chunk aloo chat with diced and boiled potato, along with chopped crunchy onions, mint and chat masala.
Lawrence Shirazian, managing director Aramark Food Services UK, said: “Street food has become one of the biggest trends around the world because it’s made of honest, fun and fresh ingredients. People love to go to street food markets and stalls for lunch and evening meals and that’s why we’re leading the charge in bringing this exciting new food trend to the culinary landscape in UK workplaces.”