Review Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: July | Volume: 5 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 107-115
Impact of Different Food Cultures on Cuisine of Delhi
Chef Prem Ram1, Dr. Sonia Sharma2
1Asst. Professor BCIHMCT, New Delhi
2School of Tourism and Hospitality Service Management (SOTHSM), IGNOU, New Delhi
Corresponding Author: Chef Prem Ram
ABSTRACT
Culture of society and nation plays crucial role that is reflected and practiced in food industry in the big umbrella of food culture. Food culture talks about tradition, taboos, beliefs, rituals, interiors and influence of globalization being followed by the service provider that is being apparent in quality, quantity, varieties, taste, neatness and behaviour of service staffs as these factors lead to customer satisfaction for paid prices. The way that Food is produced, distributed, selected, obtained, afforded, stored, prepared, ordered, served, consumed, promoted, and learnt about can reveal much about the customs and attitudes of every social group (Counihan, 1998).
This study is focused on Delhi only where food culture is a mixture of its past, different cultures and traditions. According to Gandhi (2015) the city of Delhi is a hub of cuisine. The city has absorbed, over the centuries, settlers, and visitors from across the globe. The emperors, the nobles, the viceroys and the sahibs all provided generous patronage to the cuisine of Delhi and contributed the cultivation of fine taste.
Food culture is to be followed by concerned services provider and present study is an attempt to explore of food culture, cuisines, preferences and choices in Delhi through literature review.
Key words: Food Culture, cuisines, food preferences, food choices, and Hospitality.
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