450
HRM and Nutrition students from 43 universities and colleges in Metro Manila
and nearby provinces are set to showcase their culinary skills and mastery of
the umami taste at the Ajinomoto® Umami Culinary Challenge (UCC) 2013. The whole
day event will be held on February 2, 2013 at Hall 2 of the SMX Convention
Center.
Participants exhibit their
cooking skills during the competition
Now
on its fourth year, Ajinomoto Philippines Corporation has established UCC as
the first of its kind, interschool, multi-category culinary competition that
focuses on umami, the 5th basic taste alongside sweet, sour, bitter
and salty. UCC is growing bigger each year. “We want more aspiring chefs to
discover how deep understanding of umami effectively develop their skills to
attain culinary excellence.” says Chef Russell Bautista, Project Head of UCC.
Contestants
will be engaged in five (5) competition categories: 1) Umami Bento Meal, 2)
Healthy Asian Umami Dish, 3) Best Filipino Umami Dish, 4) My own Umami Creation
and 5) Umami Potter. Criteria for selecting the winning dishes are intensity of
umami taste, culinary technique and creativity, dish preparation, plate
presentation and Eat Well, Live Well.® Cooking, which refers to the integration
of culinary skills and nutrition knowledge to create a delicious and nourishing
umami dish.
Culinary
luminaries like Chef Seiji Kamura (Executive Chef Mana Clinary Fusion), Chef
Joey Herrera (ISCAHM Chef), Chef Ed Quimson (Chef Patron M Catering & Fine
Foods), Chef Eugene Raymundo (Food stylist and part owner of Five Cows
Restaurant and Kitch Café), Chef Babes Austria (Executive Chef, Taal Vista
Hotel Tagaytay), to name a few, will serve as competition judges.
Student
participants during the competition
Foodies
and other guests will enjoy seminars on food safety and food processing, umami cooking
demonstrations, interactive booths from sponsors and other exciting activities.
UCC also welcomes caterers and meat processors as the event is staged in
partnership with the Food Caterers Association of the Philippines (FCAP) and
the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS).
The
Ajinomoto® Umami Culinary Challenge 2013 is presented by Ajinomoto Philippines
Corporation and sponsored by La Germania, Solane, Whirlpool/Fujidenzo and Masflex.
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