Master chefs bring Sikkim’s organic flavours to life at Blue Duke Festival

ISABELLA GURUNG

GANGTOK, : With the aim to promote local cuisine, the second day of the Sikkim Blue Duke Festival 2025 witnessed a live cooking event, where three national masterchefs and local chefs participated at Saramsa Garden near Ranipool.

An initiative byLokSabha MP Indra Hang Subba, the three-day event celebrates technology, culture and food while striving to inspire students and youth of Sikkim to explore new ideas and dream big.A major highlight of the festival is technology, where experts will introduce students to Artificial Intelligence (AI), drones and robotics

The second day was attended by SKM party functionaries, along with dignitaries and students. The live cooking event had chefs prepare local and traditional cuisine, with organic ingredients.

The chefs thanked the organising team for giving them a platform to promote the local and traditional cuisine through the festival.

The festival also hosted talk shows on RoboSphere, code and recognition and celebrating Sikkim's culinary excellence and organic heritage with Indian Federation Culinary Association.

The festival has 7-8 educational stalls and 12-13 food stalls.

Chief Minister’s political secretary Bikash Basnet was the chief guest for the day, also attended by Chief Minister’s press secretary YouganTamang, TAAS president Sonam Norgay Lachungpa, SKM functionaries and a large number of students. They were warmly welcomed by LokSabha MP Indra Hang Subba and the organising team.

In his address, Basnet expressed that the programme was knowledge-based and hugely beneficial for the students. Our world is increasingly being driven by AI, robotics and new technologies, and engagements like this will definitely help our students, he said.