{"id":108376,"date":"2025-12-15T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=108376"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:18:11","slug":"st-xaviers-mapusa-and-st-francis-xaviers-siolim-win-big-at-the-rockstar-chef-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=108376","title":{"rendered":"St. Xavier\u2019s, Mapusa and St. Francis Xavier\u2019s Siolim win big at the Rockstar Chef Competition\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goa Khabar : St. Xavier\u2019s Higher Secondary School, Mapusa and St. Francis Xavier\u2019s Higher Secondary School of Arts, Science and Commerce, Siolim won the rolling trophies in the CRM category and general category respectively, at the grand finale of the Rockstar Chef Competition 2025 \u2013 the flagship event of the Kamaxi College of Culinary Arts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hosted recently at its Verna campus, the event drew enthusiastic participation of 25 students from across Goa,\u00a0 who were eager to showcase their creativity, passion and talent in culinary arts.<\/p>\n

Divided into two categories \u2013 the Hot Kitchen and Bakery & Pastry, which were further divided into the CRM (institutions offering vocational courses) and general categories \u2013 the competition began with semi-final rounds held across various campuses between September and October 2025 and culminated in the grand finale. The finalists went head-to-head to also win the prestigious rolling trophy for their institutes.<\/p>\n

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( From L-R): Parixit Pai Fondekar, Founder of the Kamaxi Group and Chef Montague Dias, Executive Sous Chef at Planet Hollywood Goa, with participants from the Hot Kitchen category of the Rockstar Chef Competition, held at Kamaxi College of Culinary Arts campus in Verna.<\/p><\/div>\n

Valencia Fernandes from St. Xavier’s Higher Secondary School, Mapusa clinched the title for the Hot Kitchen CRM category,\u00a0 while\u00a0 Presh Talawdekar from Purushottam Walawalkar Higher Secondary School of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mapusa emerged as the winner in the Hot Kitchen \u2013 general category at this year\u2019s competition, battling it out against other semi-finalists.<\/p>\n

In the Bakery & Pastry \u2013 CRM Category, Pakeeza Dalayat from the Damodar English Higher Secondary School, Quepem won the competition, while Sejal Palyekar from St. Francis Xavier\u2019s Higher Secondary School of Arts, Science and Commerce, Siolim took home the first prize in the general category.<\/p>\n

The Grand Finale was evaluated by two accomplished culinary professionals \u2014 Chef Montague Dias, Executive Sous Chef, Planet Hollywood Goa, and Chef Kunal Arolkar, Renowned Culinary Expert \u2014 who commended the contestants for their creativity, discipline and technical finesse.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the event, Chef Montague Dias said, \u201cIt was a beautiful opportunity to judge the young students. The competition gave them a chance to understand what being culinary professionals means, in one of the best commercially designed culinary facilities around. We saw a lot of talent who were not yet in the culinary industry but who had the knowledge and\u00a0 skill set to be culinary professionals someday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor young students, the Rockstar Chef Competition is far more than an event \u2014 it\u2019s a turning point. It allows them to bring their ideas to life, build confidence and realise that culinary arts is a legitimate and inspiring career path. Students shouldn\u2019t feel restricted to conventional fields like medicine or engineering; they deserve to explore creative, dynamic futures. At Kamaxi Group, we are committed to creating opportunities that empower the next generation of culinary talent,\u201d said Parixit Pai Fondekar, Founder of Kamaxi Group.<\/p>\n

Students expressed excitement and gratitude for the opportunity to learn and compete at such a professional level. Many shared that the experience boosted their confidence, broadened their culinary outlook and inspired them to pursue careers in the food and hospitality industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goa Khabar : St. Xavier\u2019s Higher Secondary School, Mapusa and St. Francis Xavier\u2019s Higher Secondary School of Arts, Science and Commerce, Siolim won the rolling trophies in the CRM category and general category respectively, at the grand finale of the Rockstar Chef Competition 2025 \u2013 the flagship event of the Kamaxi College of Culinary Arts.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":108378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-108376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108379,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108376\/revisions\/108379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}