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Bakery Business ‘15 celebrates a decade of bakery sourcing & networking
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Thursday, 26 November, 2015, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Pushkar Oak, Mumbai
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fiogf49gjkf0d Bakery Business 2015, the 10th edition of India’s leading bakery industry event, commenced at MMRDA Grounds here on Wednesday.
This year is the three-day show’s 10th outing. Hence, the organisers are celebrating a decade of bakery sourcing and networking by organising various special features.
The inaugural session was marked by a speech by Pradeep Gopalan, director, Hospitality First, the organisers. He expressed, "We are lucky to have such a long journey, a decade of it. I want to thank all the exhibitors and visitors for making this event such a big success. We seek your continuous support."
While briefing on the seminars to be held during the show, Gopalan said, "We are happy to see this event turning into success. Seminars are and were a critical part of the event. Also when we started, we only had 17 exhibitors, and today we have around 150 exhibitors. We always have eminent speakers to add up to the industry's knowledge. This year also we have a similar approach to make you more competent and knowledgeable."
In the first seminar, Jaydeo Chokhawala of Apple Bakery Machinery Pvt. Ltd gave a presentation on Automation in the Bakery Industry. He said, "Bakery industry evolved around 30 years ago where the bread and customised buns like pizza and burger buns were automated. The new machinery brought a revolution, boosting the production around five times more on an average. The earlier process of handmade bakery bread or other products was much time-consuming and one has to compromise on the quantity produced. With the use of machinery we can have end-to-end production by just pouring the raw material and you can get straight away packaged product." He added, "India has a huge market for biscuits but for cookies it is not that penetrated. The machinery has availed manufacturers to try the cookie market.”
The second seminar was on the Benefits of Automation in Bakery Industry by chef Nilesh Karkhanis. He said, "Bakery automation can lead in economical production. If you are taking six days for production, automation can bring it down to just three days with optimum usage of raw material. Precision is involved when there is automation. Mechanisation helps in maintaining better temperature. Proper automation can also help in avoiding dirty environments, basically by helping keeping flour away from water."
"The one factor which differentiates automation from other manual processes is SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) and consistency. Parle and Britannia are not the best bakers of biscuits but they are consistent in making the same product over the years. Thus, automation is important. HACCP certification will be compulsory soon for bakeries also. Safety while processing is a must," Karkhanis added.
The event will have more seminars on automation and bakery ingredients in the days to come. Also the attraction at the event will be Hooked By Buffet which will be arranged on the last day.
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