Kikkoman India hosts 4th Culinary Experts Meetup, launches Centre for Chinese Cuisine in New Delhi
Kikkoman India gathered 110+ food service professionals, FSSAI officials, and chefs from Marriott, Berco's, Olive Bar & Kitchen and others in New Delhi to discuss 'trust' and 'authenticity'. The brand also unveiled its Kikkoman Centre for Chinese Cuisine.
What happened
Kikkoman India hosted its 4th Culinary Experts Meetup in New Delhi, gathering 110+ food service professionals, FSSAI officials, and chefs to discuss trust and
Key facts
- 110 culinary professionals
- 4th edition
Why this matters
The Centre for Chinese Cuisine establishes Kikkoman as an educational and standards-setting hub that could lock in B2B relationships with major hotel and restaurant groups, creating partnership or co-branding entry points worth tracking.
What to watch
- Announcement of additional regional Centres or 5th-edition meetup dates
- New HORECA account wins or hotel-chain supply contracts
- Modern-trade/quick-commerce listing expansion for Kikkoman SKUs
- Competitor chef-engagement or pricing campaigns
- FSSAI labeling/standards changes on soy sauce 'brewed vs blended'
- Convert Centre into recurring chef certification/training cadence to lock recipe standardization
- Leverage FSSAI co-presence to push 'naturally brewed' authenticity messaging as regulatory-aligned trust signal
- Expand from Delhi NCR to Mumbai/Bengaluru HORECA hubs with similar meetups
- Launch foodservice-pack SKUs and bundled Chinese-cuisine ingredient kits for chains
- Translate chef credibility into modern-trade retail shelf and e-commerce listings