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Golden Eye Chef 2022- the first of its kind international cooking contest for the blind is all set to start the voting for its People’s Choice Award category.
29 visually impaired participants from all over the world have participated in the Golden Eye Chef contest this year. With past successful editions, the enthusiastic response this year has also been highly appreciated.
15 totally blind and 14 partially blind participants sent their videos for the competition.
This is a fairly good number of participants, given there is not much awareness about visually impaired individuals cooking and many do not engage in it either as a personal choice.
One of the aims of the competition is to spread awareness about challenges as well as strengths of the visually impaired individuals. It is not just a stage for showing their culinary skills, it is a stage to send out a strong message of their resilience and independence.
In the videos the individuals can be seen explaining and demonstrating how to prepare their chosen recipes without any assistance of any kind. These videos will be scrutinised by a jury of eminent judges who have proved their mettle in the culinary field.
But the best and most interesting part is that these videos are also accessible to the general public. The YouTube channel of the Golden Eye Chef has uploaded all the videos for the people to see and decide who they will crown as the winner of Golden Eye Chef 2022 People’s Choice Award.
The criteria to judge for the People’s Choice Award will include the number of views, view duration, likes and shares. The voting is set to begin on 14th October 2022, 8:00 AM and conclude on 24th October 2022 midnight IST. So in these 11 days the audience will be given the power to give its mandate.
The stage has been set, the competition has begun, the participants are ready and now it’s the turn of the audiences to be a part of this wonderful journey.
Happy Cooking!