If you are an executive chef or a sous chef, put on your cooking hat, knot the apron around your waist and be prepared to show off your culinary talent at a cook-off competition to be held in Mumbai on April 23 and Delhi on April 30. The contest is the brainchild of Rohini Dey, owner of Vermilion restaurant in New York and Chicago.

Ten contestants will be finalised in each city from the registrations received online on the basis of their resumes and recipes. The contestants will then be judged live on the Indian -Latin dishes they prepare. Twenty most deserving candidates will be chosen to join the Vermilion with a paid internship for three years. The judges include Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi, Vikas Khanna, Nikhil Chib, Anoothi Vishal, Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal and Marryam Reshii.