WASHINGTON
\nPakistan won second place for the People\u2019s Choice Award at the 2022 Embassy Chef Challenge held at Smithsonian Museum here. The event was part of the 2022 Events DC International City Food Festival organized to celebrate food, culture and entertainment highlighting the diverse communities in the capital city of the United States.
\nFood critics and Washingtonians were introduced to Pakistan\u2019s street food featuring samosa, chicken tikka, Ghulab Jaman, Firni and Karak Chai. Chef Muhammad Asghar, Executive Chef at Shinwari Restaurant represented the embassy at the event.
\nChef Muhammad Asghar ,Blogger Nycci Nellis , Maliha Zargham Jabboana, Embassy\u2019s Culture Attach\u00e9 are presented with People\u2019s Choice Award at 2022 Embassy Chef Challenge held at Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.
\n\u201cThis is the third time that Pakistan has joined the Embassy\u2019s Chef Challenge and it\u2019s a great opportunity to celebrate our cuisine, bridge cultural differences and foster international understanding as well as showcase Pakistani products,\u201d said ambassador Masood Khan.
\n\u201cWinning a place among top three People\u2019s Choice Awards depicts our cuisine\u2019s strong international appeal to international palates and we hope to bring our culinary diplomacy to even greater heights\u201d, he added.
\nAs one of Washington\u2019s leading international culinary events, the Embassy Chef Challenge brought together chefs representing different embassies to prepare their country-specific cuisine and compete for the Judges\u2019 Choice and People\u2019s Awards. In the latter category, guests at the event select the winner after food tasting.
\nAnnounced in 2009, Culture Tourism DC\u2019s Embassy Chef Challenge is a longstanding, friendly competition between embassy chefs from around the world, during which participating embassies showcase the unique flavors of their home countries in a delicious, diplomatic culinary contest. With more than 40 embassies in attendance, 2022 Challenge offered an International immersive foodie experience to Washingtonians.
\nThe embassy\u2019s participation was coordinated by the Cultural Section of the embassy led by Maliha Shahid, embassy\u2019s Press & Culture attach\u00e9 and Hassan Rabbani, Head of Chancery and supported by local sponsors including National Foods and Savera Works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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