The Conservatory, Bengaluru, India • November 24 & 25, 2023
FOOD NERD FESTIVAL
Official playground for India's hottest food nerds.
baked by Goya Media & Edible Issues
Food Nerds Unite!
Food Nerds Unite!
Fresh ideas. Delicious bites.
A playground for India’s
hottest food nerds.
Come meet some of the smartest people in the business of food.
Your day @ The Food Nerd Festival
Food Nerd
Playground
Talks, Panels, & all things BizzBites
Early Bird Tickets - Sold Out
Late Bird Tickets Open Now!
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Late Bird Tickets Open Now! 🐥
[Note: Currently, booking your Late Bird passes through Zomato requires the Zomato Mobile App. Use the link above to book tickets through the app]
[Note: Food Nerd Labs and Market tickets are now live! Find the links below. Purchasing Food Nerd Labs and Market tickets does not require the Zomato app!]
See who’s speaking
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Pooja Dhingra
Founder, LE 15
Built a country-wide macaron empire -
Thomas Zacharias
Founder, The Locavore
Kindled the country’s local food movement -
Sana Javeri Kadri
Founder, Diaspora Co
Building an equitable spice trade, Forbes 30 Under 30 -
Alicia Souza
Artist & Entrepreneur
Illustrator & business powerhouse -
Radhika Misra
Communication & PR Consultant
Brand builder, story-teller, king-maker -
Kainaz Messman
Founder, Theobroma
Turned the city’s most beloved pastry shop into a household name -
Akhila Srinivas
Founder, Conservatory
Built a community space that has become the heart of Bangalore’s culinary culture -
Anand Virmani
Founder, Não Spirits
Ignited the indie gin movement, taking Indian gins to the world -
Fiona Arakal
Founder, Ishka Farms
Farmer, entrepreneur, visionary building the Indian caper business -
Rajiv Srivatsa
Entrepreneur & Investor
Founded Urban Ladder, one of India’s biggest e-comm businesses -
Sumeet Kaur
Founder, Spudnik Farms
Championing local produce & growers -
Matt Chitharanjan
Founder, Blue Tokai
Led India’s third wave coffee movement -
Smrithi Rao
Growth and Marketing Expert with startups across domains including Myntra
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Anirudh Nopany
Started a city-wide authentic Neapolitan
pizza revolution with Brik Oven -
Sreeram Anvesh
Started a city-wide authentic Neapolitan
pizza revolution with Brik Oven
Food Nerds Unite!
Food Nerds Unite!
Food Nerd Labs
Food Nerd Labs passes now live!
Salt
Acid
If you find the word SCOBY both confusing and fascinating, this lab might be for you! Explore the microcosm of bacteria and yeast in this flavour-forward kombucha-making lab with Honey Islam.
Fat
Chocolates are quite delicious as they are, but few things come close to tasting as heavenly as a decadent piece of chocolate paired with the right cheese. Pick up the art of pairing and tasting with Mansi Jasani - The iconic Cheese Wali
Heat
Exploring and appreciating the delicate, bold, fragrant, and delicious universe of spices is a forever journey, and this lab is perhaps the best place to start. Taste and understand various spices with the expert herself - Sana Javeri Kadri!
Get ready (with empty stomachs and shopping bags) to discover an exclusive curation of exciting brands at the top of their game. We’re bringing our A-game to the food experience with Burma Burma, Mylari, Umamibrew, Soklet, Freedom Tree, and Käse + Loafer & Co's dreamy collaboration, among many others.
Friends of the Food Nerd Festival
Why we Whipped this Up?
The Food Nerd Festival is curated by Goya Media & Edible Issues, with our friends at Two Tigers & Co.
What began as an annual Christmas party has evolved into a space to celebrate the people and community, to meet the best and brightest in the food business, be inspired, form deeper connections and meaningful collaborations between people.
The Team
The Goya Journal is a food and culture publication focused on India & South Asia.
Edible Issues is a food & design collective rooted in research to foster thought and conversation about the Indian food system.
Two Tigers and Co is a marketing agency that specializes in crafting impactful intellectual properties (IP) and content that can be monetized.
Aysha Tanya & Anisha Oommen,
Editor & co-founder, Goya Media
Elizabeth Yorke & Anusha Murthy,
Co-founders - Edible Issues
Rohita Madappa
Founder & CEO, Two Tigers & Co.