MUMBAI: The food specialty channel Foodfood will premiere a new show People?s Restaurant starting 21 March at 8.30 pm.

The weekly show will be presented by Ticket Restaurant meal vouchers, the flagship product of Edenred. It will honor the outstanding restaurants who welcome Ticket Restaurant meal vouchers across 10 cities in India.

People?s Restaurant is a 20 part series that will feature various restaurants accepting Ticket Restaurant meal vouchers across Mumbai, Delhi- NCR, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Baroda and Gurgaon. The show will have five participants in each episode consisting of local well-known personalities belonging to different walks of life such as a food connoisseurs, radio jockey, actors, and socialites as the panel of judges.

These selected participants will experience the gourmet delights and cuisines served by the restaurants in their city. The restaurants will be rated accordingly and the highest scoring restaurant will be declared as the ?People?s Restaurant? of that particular city.

Foodfood promoter Sanjeev Kapoor said, "Today food has acquired dimensions that go beyond mere consumption. As our country breaks new ground in almost every field, food is rapidly becoming central to our lives. Through our association with Edenred for the new show People?s Restaurant, we aim to keep bring alive yet another innovative way to connect with our audiences."

Edenred India MD and CEO Sandeep Banerjee said, "Our latest association with FoodFood, for People?s Restaurant is a perfect blend of food, entertainment and engagement for the people as well as a platform to honor our affiliated network of restaurants. Since our flagship product is all set to make its debut on television; we are committed to present an entertaining and valuable experience for our beneficiaries."

MUMBAI: As part of its engagement with fans for the upcoming IPL season, Kings XI Punjab has tied up with Indraprastha All India Sports Foundation for its talent search based reality ?Cricket Champs".

The show that aims at providing a platform for budding cricketers to showcase their talent in front of millions of viewers will be aired by UTV Bindass.

Since the reality show is being powered by Kings XI Punjab, a number of players from the franchisee shall also form part of the proceedings. These players would render their view points on player selection, ability, tasks, game strategy, etc.
 
Speaking on the initiative, KXIP COO Col. Arvinder Singh said, ?Kings XI Punjab has always been at the forefront of unearthing fresh cricketing talent. Our association with the venture aims to provide these young guns with a platform to perform. I wish the participants all the very best and am sanguine that we should be able to spot ?real talent? whom we shall help groom for their future cricketing endeavors.?

A total of eight teams from Bihar/Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore/Hyderabad, and Haryana comprising 15 players each will participate in the show.

The fate of these players will later rest in the hands of the public/viewers, who can choose their favourite captain out of the three for each team through national voting.

The team which emerges as the winner would be awarded with the National Trophy and a cash prize of Rs 1 million. Besides, top 10 cricketers would get a chance to get training with Kings XI Punjab players and an opportunity to play first class cricket.