On the occasion of Children’s Day, Smile Foundation present “Cook for Smile” with Chef Vikas Khanna
Chef Vikas Khanna celebrated his birthday with Smile Foundation Kids, launches his Biography –Buried Seeds written by Karan Bellani
Mumbai: On the occasion of Children’s Day, Smile Foundation, a national level development organisation and Celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna joined hands for the eighth edition of “Cook for a Smile” – an exciting and unique charity cookout at High Street Phoenix, Mumbai. Television celebrities like Manish Raisinghani, Ssumier Pasricha and Helly Shah along with corporate from different sectors joined this initiative to battle it out over a cook-off with the sole.
mission to support Smile Foundation’s ‘Nutrition for Children’ campaign. Funds raised through this campaign will be utilized in providing year long education and nutrition to almost 1500 children from Mission Education program of Smile Foundation.
The participants were divided into teams. Each team comprising which was a mix of celebrities and corporate accompanied by a child from the Smile Foundation who acted as sous – chef which brought in added excitement to the competition. Each team prepared a signature dish of their choice in the allotted time and the same was tasted and judged by Chef Vikas Khanna.
Speaking at the event Chef Vikas Khanna, Goodwill Ambassador – Nutrition for Education, Smile Foundation, said, “Lack of proper nutrition is a fundamental issue and one of the biggest roadblocks in the growth and development of children in our country. I have been working with Smile Foundation for past many years and we have been able to address nutrition needs of underprivileged children through various fund raisers and advocacy programs. Smile Foundation is supporting the nutrition program in 25 states in India. Cook for Smile has been a big step in helping us reach out to stakeholders and by end of this year I pledge to benefit more than 5,000 kids through this initiative”
Malnutrition among children is one of the major problems in India. To mitigate this problem, Smile Foundation’s nutrition programme has been providing, over many years, both direct nutrition interventions and a broad range of “nutrition sensitive” interventions addressing the determinants of malnutrition.
“One in every three malnourished children in the world is from India. The consequences are long-term and it prevents children’s overall growth, learning ability and a chance to come out of the vicious cycle of poverty for yet another generation. Thereby it also prevents the country’s growth. In order to bring some real and permanent changes in the lives of the most deserving children across India, we have brought together corporate leaders and celebrities under our ‘Cook for a Smile’ initiative with Chef Vikas Khanna,” says Mr. Santanu Mishra, Co-Founder and Executive Trustee, Smile Foundation.
Speaking on the occasion, “We are happy to associate with Smile foundation to take an important step to help children receive essential nutrition and well balanced food. To support this initiative even further we are running a campaign called Digital Kitchen, where we are giving people a chance to do a good deed for the day without worrying about the logistics of a meal reaching the child.” said Mr. Rajendra Kalkar, President (West), The Phoenix Mills Limited. Explaining the campaign, he further added “We are creating an app called Digital Kitchen on our High Street Phoenix Facebook page, all one has to do is register and play the game. Simply, choose from the recipes to cook and use our friendly kitchen assistant’s help to stir up a quick meal. For every meal you cook virtually, High Street Phoenix will ensure a child gets a real hot, freshly-cooked meal. At the end of the campaign, all the funds raised from the digital campaign will also support the Nutrition for Education campaign.”
The event also saw a book launch of Chef Vikas Khanna Biography- Buried Seeds which is written by Karan Bellani and is now converted into a film by Andrei Severny .
About High Street Phoenix:
High Street Phoenix (HSP), is the first retail led consumption centre developed in India over a sprawling 3.3 million square feet. It houses over 500 brands including a variety of F&B, entertainment, commercial and residential complexes. Pioneered by The Phoenix Mills Co. Ltd., HSP is led by its young, dynamic Managing Director, Atul Ruia and his team of professionals. At HSP, each zone has been specifically conceptualized and designed to offer an international experience and as an answer to emerging urban agglomerations typically defined as ‘mixed used developments’.
The centre houses 3 distinct shopping zones viz. North Sky Zone, Grand West Zone and High Street Units (HSU).
The multi-leveled North Sky Zone boasts of anchor stores of leading national and international brand retail outlets. The Grand West Zone caters to impulse shoppers and is connected to PVR Cinema’s 2000 seater 7 digital screens multiplex. The HSU houses a variety of stores which cater to niche lifestyles consisting of artifacts, handicrafts, stylish accessories, apparel and jewelery stores including a gift store and an optician cum eye wear store. In a nutshell, HSU houses almost everything you can possibly desire to make a truly memorable retail experience.
Popularly known as the heart of HSP, ‘Festival Square’ – true to its name, presents the perfect platform for celebration and festivities. Completing this picture are an array of eateries that surround it. With a variety of first-of-its-kind retail stores, flagship stores and international brands under its umbrella is hard to resist. The centre today stands as testament to mixed used development and is a unique destination with a wide variety of choices to appeal to all segments of the consumer across the board.
HSP has added one of Mumbai’s, first luxury and premium luxury retail and entertainment destination, appropriately christened, ‘Palladium’. Palladium has, in a short span of time become an iconic landmark not only for Mumbai but for the entire country and offers four levels of exclusive shopping in an atmosphere of extraordinary sophistication and refinement all under one elegant roof.
The centre also has an expanded car park area making it one of the biggest car pool areas in Mumbai clocking on average of nearly 6,000 vehicles each day.
Winner of the “Most Admired Shopping Centre of the Year – Socially Responsible” at the Asia Shopping Centre and Mall Awards 2014.
About Smile Foundation:
Smile Foundation is a national level development organization benefitting over 400,000 underprivileged children, their families and the community directly through 250 welfare projects on subjects such as education, healthcare, livelihood, and women empowerment across 25 states of India. Adopting a life cycle approach of development, Smile Foundation focuses its interventions on children, their families and the community.
