Chocolate Cake Decorating Contest highlights Tinapayan's Chocolate Festival 2010

It was a crowded Friday afternoon at The Atrium mall as Ilonggos witnessed the first ever Tinapayan Chocolate Cake Decorating Contest. As early as 1pm, throngs of people gathered at the lobby, eager to see how participants from different schools in Iloilo City will make the most eye-catching chocolate. This contest is the highlight of Tinapayan’s annual chocolate festival dubbed as Sinful Desires.

With an allotted time of 90 minutes, twelve teams of two transformed a plain chocolate cake into edible works of art that were both visually appealing and gastronomically enticing.

A set of five judges scrutinized each finished product after it was displayed at Tinapayan bakeshop for onlookers.

Members of the Iloilo Bloggers Inc. were invited to witness the event and also to provide some online mileage for the contest. After the judges finished their preliminary assessment, we were given access to go near the cakes and take some photos for our blogs. But after a brief moment, the top four entries were then transferred to The Promenade (restaurant) atop Days Hotel for a more detailed judging.

At first we were dismayed since we haven’t finished taking photos yet but later (unexpectedly) glad to be invited to the restaurant. After the scrumptious snack plus a good view of the city, we got an exclusive up close look at the cakes that impressed the judges. A few clicks and flashes later, we were then informed of the results (30 minutes before it was announced) and then rushed to get more photos of the winning entry (to be posted soon).

And finally jubilation from the winning team reverberated throughout the mall as the entry from West Visayas State University best two entries from St. Therese College (which came in second and third). The same entry from the state university also won the people choice award that merited the creators an overnight stay at Days Hotel which co sponsored the event together with The Atrium Mall, Iloilo Supermart and Tulip Chocolates.

Tinapayan Bakeshop
(alongside Iloilo Supermart)
The Atrium, Molo Plaza, Villa Arevalo, Marymart Mall, Mandurriao and Jaro.
Hotline 0919-643-2428

(Acknowledgments: Very special thanks to our gracious hosts; Ms. Evelyn Que, Owner of Tinapayan Bakeshop, Mr. Johnny Que, Owner of Great Foods Inc, J. Scott Sarria, General Manager of Days Hotel Iloilo and Arvi Sumayo, Marketing Specialist of Great Foods Inc.)

Fruits from the grocery

These packs of cut up fruits were bought from SM Delgado's grocery. Got enticed by their color and luckily, they were as good as they looked, especially the papaya. Each was just less than Php 22, really a bargain!

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