Telangana’s culinary heritage can drive global tourism, says TGTDC chief

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Managing manager  of Telangana Tourism Development Corporation Kranthi Valluru with budding chefs from 7  countries competing successful  the determination   circular  of the 12th International Young Chef Olympiad successful  Hyderabad.

Managing manager of Telangana Tourism Development Corporation Kranthi Valluru with budding chefs from 7 countries competing successful the determination circular of the 12th International Young Chef Olympiad successful Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL

Culinary practice of the State has the imaginable to look arsenic a large operator of planetary tourism, Telangana Tourism Development Corporation (TGTDC) managing manager Kranthi Valluru said connected Tuesday.

Speaking astatine the 12th International Young Chef Olympiad 2026 held astatine the International Institute of Hotel Management field successful Hyderabad, she said the divers nutrient traditions could presumption Telangana powerfully connected the planetary culinary map. “Telangana has large imaginable for culinary tourism,” she said.

Referring to the precocious launched Culinary Experiential Tourism Accelerator, Ms.Valluru said the inaugural aims to groom agrarian entrepreneurs and link them with planetary investors, chefs and innovation networks. 

Participants prepared a scope of dishes that were evaluated by a assemblage comprising culinary experts. Following the completion of the remaining determination rounds, the finalists volition vie successful Kolkata, wherever the victor volition person a currency prize of ₹15 lakh.

The contention is being held crossed 5 cities — Kolkata, Goa, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune — from February 1 to 6. The expansive finale is scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Kolkata connected February 6.

Published - February 03, 2026 08:55 p.m. IST

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