{"id":20741,"date":"2014-10-01T10:46:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T05:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=20741"},"modified":"2014-10-01T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T05:16:30","slug":"india-international-waiters-race-2014-held-in-trivandrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/india-international-waiters-race-2014-held-in-trivandrum\/","title":{"rendered":"India International Waiter\u2019s Race 2014 held in Trivandrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second edition <strong>\u2018India International Waiter\u2019s Race 2014\u2019 (IIWR\u201914)<\/strong> was held in Kovalam at <a href=\"http:\/\/listing.entecity.com\/business\/uday-samudra-leisure-beach-hotel\" target=\"_blank\">Uday Samudra Beach Resort<\/a> on Tuesday. <a href=\"http:\/\/listing.entecity.com\/business\/institute-of-hotel-management-and-catering-technology\" target=\"_blank\">The Institute of Hotel Management &amp; Catering Technology<\/a>, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India were the judging partners for IIWR\u201914. \u00a0Waiters from hotels all over the India came to participate in the event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20773\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2014\/09\/waiters-race-trivandrum-udayasamudra-e1412140422881.jpg\" alt=\"waiters-race-trivandrum-udayasamudra\" width=\"565\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>IIWR\u201914 tested the agility and skill of the waiters.<\/strong> In the racing event, participants had to do a fast walking with their hands full. The length of the race was approximately 50-1,500 metres. Apart from racing there were other skill-assessment tests too. Other competition items were Salver Obstacle Race, Salver Relay Race, Salver Long Distance Race, Napkin-folding Competition, Cocktail-making and Food &amp; Beverage Quiz. In the end there was a water pouring competition which became a fun-filled event.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The objective of India International Waiters\u2019 Race is to \u201cencourage and make feel valuable the waiter fraternity, the hands that serve with warmth and pleasant faces that beatifies restaurants\u201d. Events like these will help in boosting the confidence and esteem of waiters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Waiters&#8217; Race was first started in France<\/strong> in the beginning of 20th century and since then it has been held in cities such as Paris, London and Berlin. Now it is found all over the world From France to Hong Kong. To date, there are a total 724 races in world as listed by International Waiters Race Community Website <a href=\"http:\/\/waitersrace.com.\" target=\"_blank\">WaitersRace.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second edition \u2018India International Waiter\u2019s Race 2014\u2019 (IIWR\u201914) was held in Kovalam at Uday Samudra Beach Resort on Tuesday. The Institute of Hotel Management &amp; Catering Technology, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India were the judging partners for IIWR\u201914. \u00a0Waiters from hotels all over the India came to participate in the event. IIWR\u201914 tested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":20753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}