Rushina Munshaw - Ghildiyal is a gastronomic writer and content consultant based in Mumbai, India. She has been writing on gastronomy for 3 years now and boasts upwards of 300 articles in reputable international publications on a diverse range of subjects ranging from simple recipe features to informative studies of community, regional and international cuisines, Indian and global food trends, nutrition and health, discoveries of the culinary side of cities around the world and humorous articles on food as an intersection of home and life. Additionally she is also working book projects of her own, consults with food businesses on develoing marketing content and strategy, conducts cooking workshops and food tours of Mumbai. For more on her work browse through her blogs, http://a-perfect-bite.blogspot.com/ Her published works are available on http://rushina-mushaw-ghildiyal.blogspot.com/

Yangdup graduated from the Institute of Advanced Management, Salt Lake Calcutta in 1994. His interest in professional bartending began when working at the Polo Lounge Bar at the Hyatt Regency, Delhi. He received professional training in bartending from the renowned international bartender Laval Lim Hon of the Waikiki Cocktail Bar, Majorca, Spain. He was the winner of the “H&FS Bartender of the Year 1996” and the Asia Pacific “30 Under 30 Award” for being one of the outstanding bartenders in Asia. Lama became a qualified trainer for bartenders in the Hyatt from the Hyatt International Chicago in March 1998. In June 1998 he set up and trained the bartenders at Djinns, India’s first prestigious English pub at the Hyatt Regency.

In 1999 Yangdup left the Hyatt to start his own company, Cocktails & Dreams, a mobile bar management services company with over 30 bartenders bartending in the most happening parties from stirring up the right mix for Bill Clinton to the launch of New Mercedes Benz to all the high profile weddings in the country. He has also been instrumental in setting up and streamlining operations for bars and pubs in and outside the country.

Yangdup works closely with Tulleeho to conduct workshops for professional and amateur bartenders. Yangdup has set up the first school of bar and beverage management in Delhi.