Rashmi Uday Singh's unique book has been honored with
"THE WORLD GOURMAND AWARD" for "THE WORLDS BEST VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK 2005" and recently been shortlisted as the top three for "THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE PAST 12 YEARS"…the nobel of The World Gourmand Awards" to be held in Stockholm on the 10th of May, 2008.

The first of it's kind unique book. It distils the world on your plate, like never before. A pure vegetarian world of recipes. The superstars of the culinary world create special unique vegetarian offerings. George Blanc, the Grand master, fourth generation, three Michelin starred chef, the "father of modern Australian cooking Cheong Liew, world renowned genius Tetsuya Wakuda, US based Charlie Trotter all come together in this unique memorial book,a tribute to Rashmi's 17 year old gourmet vegetarian buddy.
Most of the chefs have TV shows, stars, accolades, bestselling books, cooking academies to their credit. Superstars…Anton Mossiman, Alain Passard Ferran Adria… Namita and Camellia Panjabi's The custodian of the French cooking tradition, Le cordon Bleu Academy have all created special recipes.

The world's legendary hotels from the Singapore's Raffles to the world's best chocolate mousse in Zurich's "Hotel baur au lac' is all within the pages of this glossy, well-produced book.

The world distils itself and all major countries gift their special vegetarian recipes. There is a balance of starters, maincourses and desserts. There are also twenty full menus. Beautifully shot by Sheena Sippy.The book has been a bestseller.

CELEBRATION
The receiving of the World Gourmand Award book was celebrated all over the country...
In all the cities rashmi Uday Singh anchored the event and presented a rivetting AV on the making of the book and the hosting hotel cooked up 80 dishes from the book for the exclusive and high profile audience.

In Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi MaharajaArvind Singh Mewar demonstrated his recipe
In The ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad the chief Minister and actor Nagarjuna were present
In The Leela, Bangalore Vikram Kirloskar demonstrated his flourless choclate cake in the presence of Kiran majumdar shaw, Mrs Ritu Mallya and many more.

In ITC Grand Maratha, Mumbai actresses and actors were on stage cheering the success of the book.

In ITC Sonar Bangla, Kolkatta, Sabyasachi cooked his favorite dish.