Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA)

Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA) is a non-profit, apolitical organisation of culinary professionals and India's sole representative in the World Association of Chefs Societies.

It is the nodal agency of India's regional culinary associations - the Indian Culinary Forum (ICF), the South India Culinary Association (SICA) and the Western India Culinary Association (WICA).

IFCA aims at bringing together the elite among culinary professionals in order to:
:: Create and maintain bonds of friendship and foster professional co-operation and     mutual understanding

:: Promote cooking, cuisines, recipes and quality products and technical know-how

:: Enable improvement in the professional standards within the industry through     effective training and recruitment

:: Lay emphasis on communication and exchange of ideas and its role in development    of the industry

:: Promote professional exchanges of personnel, scholarships, international culinary     competitions and bursaries

:: Liaise with various related professional bodies and institutes in enabling training     course apprenticeship schemes and related vocational links

:: Promote, foster and encourage the culinary art and related studies

:: To increase membership through education and professional advancement IFCA     Culinary Challenge and Exhibition 2009:

The Prime objective of IFCA Culinary Exhibition is to establish a professional platform where culinary professionals across India can display their individual and collective skills, creative talent, learn and share experiences, partner and network in a purely competitive and business like environment.

For more details please visit: www.ifca.info