coffee Concoction Contest

The 8th National Food Showdown Stage is being prepped up for the coffee Concoction Contest

The theme for this year is “Practice Makes Perfect”, which focuses on the skills and talents of both industry professionals and students in food service across the country. Moreover, it also provides excellent to showcase their passion, talent and creativity in the spirit of friendly competition by bringing out their skills against the best teams from all over the country.

Lined up events were organized to show the various expertise of everyone in the field of cooking. Thus, it continues to excite competitors to show what they’ve got in order to take home the respective tilts.

Breville Philippines, as one of the major sponsors set up two booths: one at the judges’ lounge serving snacks, coffee and juices. The other one was situated at the exhibitors’ area for product display and selling.

On the second day, the Breville Dual Boiler and the Breville Smart Grinder were used as the official espresso machine for the Coffee Concoction Contest with the theme “The Sacred Grounds. Select students representing various culinary and hospitality management schools for student category and professional baristas from different hotels and food establishments for professional division joined the competition. Also, Breville Coffee, Tea and Kettle Category Manager Maree Joyce Agra and Ms. Tony Legare of ILLY Coffee served as the judges of the competition.

Breville Booth at the Exhibitor's Area Breville Philippines team

Breville Philippines team for national Food Showdown 2014.

During the competition, each contestant created their own masterpieces and the judges were amazed of their outputs considering that few of them were first timers in using the Breville machines. “I had a hard time in choosing who will win for the professionals. The students are promising too, but they still need practice and more understanding about coffee so they can do better, ” said Ms. Agra. Indeed, the organizer of the National Food Showdown was able to justify their vision that is to help develop skills along the lines of tourism and the hospitality industry, for participants not only in Manila but also in the rest of the country. Exclusively distributed in the Philippines by IAJ Wellness Corporation, Breville® products are available at leading appliance and specialty stores nationwide. For more info, visit >www.breville.com.ph and Breville Phils on Facebook. orient the contestants before the competition

Ms. Lagare(in black shirt) and Ms. Agra (in blue shirt) orient the contestants before the competition.

respective judges

The respective judges of the Coffee Concoction Contest paint their face with a smile after the competition.

Breville Booth at the Exhibitor's Area

Breville Booth at the Exhibitor's Area

Breville Philippines team

Breville Philippines team for national Food Showdown 2014.