Delhi celebrates an evening of "Food, Fashion & Art" at the opening of Godrej Nature's Basket flagship store in Defence Colony

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Posted in: Fashion n Modelling on Monday, 28 October 2013 10:59

Published on Monday, 28 October 2013 10:59

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Godrej Nature’s Basket, a pioneer in gourmet food retailing takes immense delight in creating a new benchmark store for food lovers in the national capital. The much loved world food chain treated the capital city to perhaps its best gourmet destination yet with the opening of its flagship store on Ring road, Defence Colony (next to Hotel Park Land). The store was at its sparkling best with an indulgent evening of Food, Fashion and Art, which was the theme for the evening.  Hosted by Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and popular couturier Manav Gangwani, the evening witnessed the crème de la crème of the capital city, all gathered under one roof to celebrate the blending walls between food and fashion through the medium of art. Mohit Khattar, Managing Director, Godrej Nature’s Basket was also present at the event to showcase and celebrate the new destination. The flagship store enthused one and all with its humongous assortment, clearly dedicated sections and a distinguished shopping ambience.

Couturier Manav Gangwani was seen immersed in a discussion with the guests sharing his views on the blending lines between Food and Fashion. The guests also got insights from the enterprising couturier about his designs for the season and his insights on customized designer gifts, much like the Godrej Nature’s Basket exclusive gifting collection, for the upcoming festive season. Considering, the wedding and festive season is just around the corner; hosts Manav and Riddhima shared their thoughts on creative gifting options well integrated with the new trends in fashion and art!
 
Adding to the intriguing work of food and fashion, was the exquisite collection of Godrej Nature’s Basket designer hampers displayed around the store. These hampers have been designed by a team of in house stylist keeping in mind the latest trends in colours and fashion. While the guests were awed by this intriguing theme, they celebrated this new era of gourmet delights with much gusto. It was an evening where international taste was discussed and appreciated on an Indian platform.
 
On this occasion, Mohit Khattar, Managing Director, Godrej Nature’s Basket said, “Over the years Natures Basket has tried to take gourmet meals to dining tables at home. It gives us immense pleasure to take this journey forward through our largest store in Delhi yet at Defence Colony. We are confident that the variety on offer, superior ambience and enhanced services will delight discerning consumers and foodies in general and continue to differentiate and make us the destination of choice.

A Nature’s Basket patron herself, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni showed her love for the destination as she said, “Its been a pleasure to host my friends to this unique evening of food, fashion and art at one of my favourite destinations. I love visiting Godrej Nature’s Basket not just for the wide array of indulgent food products but also for the shopping experience that it offers. From daily grocery to the ideal gift this is my one stop shop”. Adding to this, ace couturier Manav Gangwani commented that while he’s quite a foodie and hence a regular at the gourmet destination, this evening of food and fashion coming together has made him fall in love with Godrej Nature’s Basket even more. “I love the way the hampers have been designed to suit the occasion and the festive mood. It’s amazing to see this level of retail experience in India”.
 
The new store offers an unprecedented gourmet shopping experience spread over 5,500 sq. ft. The mezzanine section offers the largest cheese and meat counter amongst the other GNB stores in Delhi. , this store too offers exclusively styled cheese & meat platters customized to the event/ occasion – an ideal canopy for all house parties. Nature’s Basket has always believed in educating the patrons on world food apart from providing an international shopping experience. It houses a team of trained in-store friendly food experts, who are ever ready to help shoppers don the chef hat.
 
Some of the popular Godrej Nature's Basket offering that are also present at this flagship store are the 'Healthy Alternatives' section that houses an extensive range of health food products', a popular kids zone that offers the widest collection of internationally sourced chocolates & confectionary available in the city and a dedicated culinary demonstration workstation that hosts celebrity chefs to share interesting food anecdotes and recipes with GNB patrons. Catering to the refined needs of the up market urban consumers, the store is aptly situated in the plush locality of Defence Colony and has a wide assortment of authentic food products like organic foods, cheese, condiments, cold cuts, breads, wines and packaged products sourced from authentic sources around the world.  It was an extravagant evening with the attendance from the cream of the society and a perfect rendezvous of elegant fashion, fine foods and intelligent art.