The 6th and 7th editions of Cook for Smile were held in Bengaluru and Delhi on the 2nd and 3rd of September, 2017 respectively.
In Bengaluru, the event was presented by Phoenix Marketcity Bangalore, in association with Quaker India, along with hospitality partner The Chancery Pavilion, radio partner 92.7 BIG FM, outdoor partner Ripple Media, gifting partner Le Creuset India and media partner CNN-News18.
Gajendra Singh Rathore from Phoenix Marketcity, Rakesh Mishra from Target, Suneetha Agarwal from Agarwal Hospitals, Reeth Abraham from NEB Sports, Vikas Seth from Embassy Leisure Blue Culinary, Kaushik Mittal from AXA Business, Sunitha Venugopal from WalmartLabs India and Prashanth Govindan from Harman Professional India participated in the event.
In Delhi the event was presented by Add Hope in association with Quaker along with hospitality partner Crowne Plaza Today, Gurugram and media partner CNN-News 18.
Amongst the participating corporate leaders were Praveen Reddy (Operation Head, KFC – India), Mr. Abhinav Singh (Director Sales and Marketing, Crowne Plaza Today Gurgaon), Amit Mehta (Managing Director, Kohinoor Speciality Foods India Private Limited), Fernando Bustamante (CEO, Mahou India), Mr. Oliver Mirza (Managing Director & CEO, Dr. Oetker India Pvt. Ltd.), Rajat Jain (Founder, Pad-Up Ventures), Pankaj Bhardwaj (Senior Director & General Manager, South Asia, Avery Dennison) and Deepak Mittal (Managing Director Sonalika International Tractors Ltd).
The event was a part of Smile Foundation’s nation-wide campaign ‘Nutrition for Education’, which aims at providing nutrition to underprivileged children to ensure better education and holistic development for them.