14-15 NOVEMBER, 2025
JIO WORLD CONVENTION CENTRE, MUMBAI 
The The 21st Restaurant India 2025 is a premier industry event dedicated to fostering growth, innovation, and collaboration within the state’s thriving food and beverage sector. As part of the prestigious Indian Restaurant Awards series, this edition brings together leading restaurateurs, chefs, investors, and industry experts to discuss emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in Karnataka’s evolving F&B landscape. With a legacy of 15 successful editions, the summit serves as an exclusive platform for thought leadership, business networking, and strategic insights, empowering food entrepreneurs to elevate their brands and drive sustainable success.
Global influence is again dominating the Indian restaurant scene, though a little differently now. On one hand, India is seeing more Global Restaurants opening up in India, and on the other hand Indian restaurants are also going Global. The influence of global cultures, business dynamics, and culinary innovation is therefore being felt in the Indian food service market, whether it is design, menu, service, or fusion cuisine. Similarly, Indian restaurant chains that are going abroad are bringing many new aspects of food and service, brand and cuisine to their table. Overall, this is a good scenario as it will bring the edge Indian Restaurants industry to be global and have tomorrow’s Michelin star restaurants coming from India.
Inauguration
Welcome Speech
Mr. Sachin Marya, President, Franchise India Group
Tomorrow’s Restaurant: Innovating today to ensure your business is future-ready
Keynote Session
Networking Tea
What Makes Global Brands a Success in India?
Networking Lunch
Spice Routes Reimagined: Culinary Diplomacy Between India and ASEAN
Keynote Session
Making your Restaurant Future Ready: Building Experiential Brands
The Dubai-India Corridor: Cross-Border Recipes That’s Raking in Profits
Capturing the Craze: The Celeb-Resto Partnerships
The Future Of Food Service At Home: What can restaurants do to make their delivery operations a success?
Global influence is again dominating the Indian restaurant scene, though a little differently now. On one hand, India is seeing more Global Restaurants opening up in India, and on the other hand Indian restaurants are also going Global. The influence of global cultures, business dynamics, and culinary innovation is therefore being felt in the Indian food service market, whether it is design, menu, service, or fusion cuisine. Similarly, Indian restaurant chains that are going abroad are bringing many new aspects of food and service, brand and cuisine to their table. Overall, this is a good scenario as it will bring the edge Indian Restaurants industry to be global and have tomorrow’s Michelin star restaurants coming from India.
Plating Success: Winning Customers in an Ever-Demanding World
Building in-hotel Restaurants: The Ride from Fine Dining to Fun Dining
Networking Lunch
The Rise of Beverage Innovators
Turning Trends into Triumphs: How Bar Owners are Leading the Races
From Bharat to the World: The Rise of home-grown Start-ups
Opening & Welcome
Kick off the day with event goals and the essentials of coffee & tea service
Panel: Coffee Bar Mastery
From bean sourcing to latte art—building a best-in-class café experience
Fireside Chat: The Future of Café Culture
How sustainability, wellness & digital ordering reshape service.
Tea on the Table: Culture, Craft, and Commerce
Integrating tea cocktails, food pairing & steep-to-order programs
Speakers:
Networking Lunch & Tasting
Curated coffee flights and tea tasting stations to sample
Smart Brewing: The Role of Automation in Beverage Craft
Speakers:
What’s Brewing: Importance of Customer feedback
Session Lead & Moderator:
Speakers:
Afternoon Coffee & Tea Break
Experience a rapid-blend demonstration and tea infusion art.
Source from all over the world in one marketplace that has a selection of top suppliers from around the world.
India’s most prominent Restaurant show, where more than 500 restaurateurs, entrepreneurs, leaders, investors and experts gather together
Discover new trends and business opportunities with hundreds of new exhibitors and new product launches.
Recognizing the Industry Leaders. The Awards will be the biggest in the industry representing the best of Top Restaurants, Restaurateurs, Café, Bars, Bakery and Chefs who are doing a phenomenal work across the country.Source from all over the world in one marketplace that has a selection of top suppliers from around the world.
Title Partner
Co- Associate Partner
Associate Partner
Dairy Partner
Entertainment Partner
Lanyard Partner
Supporting Association
Supporting Association
Supporting Association
Supporting Association
RI PASS