SM Hypermarket presented a series of Best Pinoy Street Food 2015 in all branches nationwide, its an annual showcase of street food and also a grand cook off showdown of various food creators, cooks and vendors of street food. Each of the cook off contest participants are invited for an on the spot grocery and cook off challenge.
Participants came from different areas near a branch of SM Hypermarket nationwide and they are the hard working local vendors of street food who wants to show off their skills in a localize culinary no holds barred contest.
The prize of the cook off contest will be awarded to one finalist and he/she can take home a PHP 100,000 worth of prizes including food packs, ingredients, cooking equipment and a stall rent free for a year in SM Hypermarket. They can sell their best pinoy street food there and all of these are courtesy of SM Hypermarket's Food Service Center.
The cook off contest will be judged by our kitchen idol and master chef celebrity – Chef Boy Logro.
SM Hypermarket invited us to come at their Sucat branch and we went there are as one of the members of the 100 judges.
Our job is to judge the food prepared by the 10 finalist and then we cast our vote for the best food of that day.
My kid blogger Ashton is so excited for this…because he likes to see Chef Boy Logro in person.
Then..we met Chef Boy Logro!!
Bgila nahiya ang anak ko LOL
At the grand finals stage, each finalist are asked to put up their own stall to exhibit their best pinoy food recipe, each of them were given a stall for one day and they are joined by Jones Guevarra, the grand champion from 2014 from the cook off, he presented his award winning recipe at his food stall - Lola Ebeng's Prito, Sabaw at Kulinarya
Here are the showcased best pinoy street food…
Ohhh..I so love street food! they simple, cheap, tasty and super good!!
- One of the best puto that I tasted in my life
- the penoy and balut is always the kind of street food here in the Philippines
- the modern street food by pinoys --- kikiam, fishballs and kwek kwek
Here’s a different hubad na penoy kwek kwek, also taste good…
Food brands participated in the event as sponsors, thanks to -- Unilever Food Solutions, Knorr, Nestle All-Purpose Cream, Maggi, Pure Food Crispy Fried Chicken, Tender Juicy Hotdog, Purefoods Chicken Breast Nuggets, Del Monte, Joy, P&G, CDO Sweet Ham, CDO Ulam Burger, Bibbo Hotdog, Funtastyk Young Pork Tocino, CDO Chicken Franks, Sesame Hotdog, Holiday Squid Balls, and Idol Cheesedog.
At the semi finals and elimination round, The 10 participants were arrange as a two member per group, they will work together to win the challenge and then will battle again for the grand finals.
They were given 30 minutes to shop in SM Hypermarket for their ingredients and then come back at the cook off area to finish the best pasta recipe in another 30 minutes.
Tension, hyperness and excitement were felt, we saw the contestants never stop in chopping the ingredients and cooking it with lost of focus and determination.
After the cook off. The participants presented to us their pasta creations.
My taste buds are ready and I am in search of the REAL PASTA FLAVOR.
Top 10 Finalists
- Kennetth Ian Nadela of Bad Boy’s Kitchen representing SM Hypermarket FTI
- Paul Anthony Garcia of Irma’s Manandal representing SM Hypermarket Pasig
- Raymond Sombilon of Mangkuk Ilonggo representing SM Hypermarket Sucat
- Vivian Tiongkiao of Crunch ni Munch representing SM Hypermarket Sucat Lopez
- Daniel Corbilla of Bibingkit Food House representing SM Hypermarket Las Piñas
- Maricon Luares of G-Mak Catering representing SM Hypermarket Antipolo
- Angelica Bonifacio of Inbisito Eatery representing SM Hypermarket FTI
- John Bryan Castillo of Dad Jim’s Diner representing SM Hypermarket Las Piñas
- Erlinda B. Franco of Madam’s Eatery representing SM Hypermarket Cainta
- Angelica Libed of Aling Mila’s Food Delivery and Catering representing SM Hypermarket Valenzuela
This, won my heart……
A pumpkin spaghetti…. its healthy and good, but it lacks some taste power
Another spaghetti that won my vote..
This version is okay too
Lots of judges loved this tuna spaghetti, I agree with everyone, but I didn’t vote for it because I was looking for a spaghetti that we usually love – with tomatoes, cheese and meat.
One vote…to win the contest… I chose the blue plate.
The final four
- Raymond Sombilon of Mangkuk Ilonggo representing sa SM Hypermarket Sucat
- Angelica Bonifacio of Inbisito Eatery representing SM Hypermarket FTI
- Erlinda B. Franco of Madam’s Eatery representing SM Hypermarket Cainta
- Angelica Libed of Aling Mila’s Food Delivery and Catering representing SM Hypermarket Valenzuela
At the grand finals, they tasted the food prepared by Chef Boy Logro, the task is that they need to cook the same food using the recipe of it. Its like a blind cook off, because you don’t know what recipe to use, and you need to trust your taste buds and senses to determine the taste of it.
Chef Boy Logro gave hints that its like a courdon with abalone.
I didn’t got a chance to taste it hahha.but I will leave it to them.
They are challenge to shop for 30 minutes and go back at the cooking area to finish it within 30 minutes.
Grand Winner
- Angelica Libed of Aling Mila’s Food Delivery and Catering representing SM Hypermarket Valenzuela
And only one…got it right!!!! Congratulations to Angelica Libed… I hope we can taste you recipe in the future. I will hunt for your food stall in SM Hypermarket food area soon.
to all bloggers… congrats to us!! we just helped a foodie conquer their dreams…
I wonder when will SM Hypermarket offer a cook off challenge to us food bloggers?
hahahaha..Oh yeah..I will definitely cook
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