Young culinary talents showed their talents and expertise in the kitchen at the Jolly University Year 5 Cook-Off Finale. Attended by most of the promising students of every campus in the country.The culinary competition consisted of of the Top 20 elite finalist focused on elevating and creating an eveeyeve dishes with this year's theme " Innovate,Create, Share"
In this competition, the finalist was test with their kitchen skills and creativity to come up with the best dish creations under modern Filipino and Fusion Categories.
The Grand Cook-Off attracted hundreds of culinary and HRM college students from campuses all over the metro and nearby locations.
Top 20 Finalist
- Richmond Suntay (University of Sto.Tomas)
- Jericho Pareja (Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila)
- Jenald Pascual (NCBA Fairview)
- Phoebe Punzalan (CEU-Makati)
- Zire Oliver Romero (Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila)
- Andrea Marie Saclao (Lyceum of the Philippines-Manila)
- John Phillip Brocoy (Emilio Aguinaldo College)
- Moeko Shinshi (San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Inc. College)
- Jesch Bodano (Far Eastern University-Manila)
- Tyrone Lemuel Ty (University of Sto. Tomas)
- Rafael Imalay (NCBA Fairview)
- Camille Dizon (Metropolitan Medical Center College of Arts, Sciences, & Technology),
- Ma. Trixia Joyce Sevilla (St. Scholastica’s College-Manila),
- Patricia Ong (Chiang Kai Shek College)
- Dustin Ryan Agoncillo (Metropolitan Medical Center College of Arts, Sciences, & Technology)
- Ria Daniel Arugay (San Sebastian College Recoletos)
- Daryanne Chanel Yongco (University of Sto. Tomas)
- Eduard Vargas (Earist),
- Pauline Galang (Manila Tytana Colleges)
- Janzel Dayag (St. Joseph College Quezon City).
The Jolly University 5th year sole grand champiion took home Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php 50, 000) worth of cash and prizes.
“A successful program takes time to build. While we envisioned JU’s success, we are still overwhelmed by how it sparked the flames of curiosity, creativity, and the cooking abilities of so many students in the past five years. JU indeed has grown to become a long-running program that is greatly supported by the academic communities as well as partners from various industries. By doing so, everyone took part in making the program thrive dynamically throughout the years,” Lucio Cochanco, Jr., President of Fly Ace Corporation, commented.
“We are really excited for Year 5 of Jolly University. It’s great to see a new batch of talented and very promising campus culinary talents going all out as they presented to us their innovative modern renditions of Filipino classics and fusion recipes,” said Abigail Ng-Reyes, AVP for Marketing of Fly Ace Corporation.
Grand prize winner: Tyrone Lemuel Ty of University of Santo Tomas.
Winning entry: Hainanese Chicken Binakol Noodle Soup (mushroom & young corn stuffed chicken roulade with egg noodles, vegetables and coconut shreds in creamy coconut broth)
• 1st runner up: Richmond Joseph Suntay of University of Santo Tomas
Winning entry: Shepherd's Rendang
• 2nd runner up: Patricia Ong of Chiang Kai Shek College
Winning entry: Thai Pork Mushroom Longganisa, Suman with Crispy Shallot-Garlic Latik and Coconut Cream Foam served with Fried Egg and Green Mango Salad
Jolly University Year 5 Grand Cook-Off is made possible with the support of event sponsors: St. Scholastica’s College, Masflex, Fujidenzo, Whirlpool, Tecnogas, UCPB, Jolly Cow, Lotus Biscoff, Doña Elena, May Sparkling Grape Juice, and Good Life.
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