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Latte Art fun on a Sunday! Figaro is currently hosting their company-wide Figaro Latte Art Competition 2011 and we’re live blogging ’em from Figaro Emerald branch.

On it’s third year, the Figaro Latte Art Competition is participated by 28 branches this year, both from company-owned branches and franchisees. It aims to enhance the barista’s latte art design skills and to foster camaraderie among the different barista representatives.

Below are some of NomNom’s favorite among the 28 entries in the elimination round. For the complete set of 28 entries, check out NomNomClub’s Facebook Fanpage here.

Figaro Latte Art Competition 2011 (Eliminations Round Participant)

Figaro Latte Art 2011 Contestants

Figaro Latte Art Competition 2011 (Eliminations Round Participant)

Figaro Latte Art Competition 2011 (Eliminations Round Participant)

Who’s your bet for the Top 10 that’s going to qualify for the final round? Watch out for the results of the Figaro Latte Art Competition 2011 tomorrow!

And we’re back to thank our ‘reactionary‘ readers! 🙂 Here are our top commenters for the months of April, May and June 2011!

Congratulations to our returning top commenter for April Lariza Garcia,  May winner Jared’s Mum, and new winner Jian Marla for June.

All three would receive surprise gift packs from this Food Blog. Email admin AT NomNomClub.com for details on how to claim. Again, congratulations to the 2011 Q2 top commenters!

The much awaited tradeshow / conference / exhibit by franchised-business hunters is here again – the 10th Filipino Franchise Show 2011. Brought to us by the Association of Filipino Franchisers Inc. (AFFI), It will be held at the World Trade Center Manila (Philippines) on July 21 to 24, 2011.

An improvement from last year, this year’s Filipino Franchise Show 2011 will be housed in two exhibit halls and will run for four days instead of the usual three. So if you are wanting to start your business, franchised or otherwise, you might like to get some idea which business to target.

Learn the basics and know-how of owning a franchise through seminars and explore almost 300 franchisors. Let the business gurus enrich the entrepreneur in you! Leading brand participants would include Figaro Coffee, Aquabest, Sea Oil, Mang Inasal, Binalot, Fruitas, Reyes Barbecue and Bibingkinitan. Speakers include Randell Tiongson, Susan “Toots” Ople, Carlo Ople, Glenn Yu, Carson Tan, and Miriam Quiambao, among others, who will share their stories as entrpreneurs or as experts in thier respective fields.

10th Filipino Franchise Show 2011

“The 10th Filipino Franchise Show will be opened by AFFI’s Board of Directors on July 21 at the World Trade Center. Paulo Tibig AFFI’s president and Ricardo ‘Richie’ Cuna AFFI’s Chairman Emeritus will deliver the keynote address and opening remarks,” according to its website.

To know more about this event, please visit www.affi.com.ph or call the AFFI secretariat at 0917-5182334 /506 8883 / 9000002 loc 121. Judging from last year’s Filipino Franchise Show I have attended, this would be another great event worth visiting. 🙂

The 10th Filipino Franchise Show
July 21 – 24, 2011
World Trade Center Manila, Philippines

This is my first OpenRicers‘ Meet gathering and it was great meeting fellow OpenRicers and food bloggers. It was held at Tender Bob’s in Greenbelt a few weeks ago.

We had a good time and Tender Bob’s dinner was filling. Here are some of my photos taken with Samsung Galaxy S2.

Tender Bob's Salsds and Appetizers

Oriental Chicken Salad

Tender Bob's Steaks and Lagarde Wines

Ice Cream and Sizzling Bread & Butter Pudding for Desserts!

Until the next OpenRice meet! Thanks OpenRice.com and Tender Bob’s.

SM Master Chefs‘ ‘Kitchen Makeover‘ will have five lucky shoppers’ kitchens redesigned and furnished by partner designers. This project will be done in partnership with established designers from the Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID).

The five Interior Designers are IDr. Vianca Añonuevo, IDr. JC Arcega, IDr. Mark Steven Perez, IDr. Joselito Soriano, Jr., and IDr. Anne Marie Christine Lim. The first three are partner interior designers of Empire Designs. The latter two are partners of Soriano-Lim Interior Design.

SM Master Chefs 2011

SM Master Chef 2011
Kitchen Makeover Mechanics

July 1 to October 31, 2011

1.    To join, interested shoppers must submit:

• P500 single receipt purchase, including at least one sponsor item of SM Master Chefs, entitles a customer to join the promo.
• Registration forms will be available at the Customer Service Counter of SM Hypermarket.
• Registration forms must be filled up with his/her complete name, address, age, occupation, contact numbers, signature and a written answer, in 50 words or less, to the question: Why does my kitchen deserve a free makeover?
• Attached at least three (3) clear printed photos of their home kitchen.
• Enclose filled up registration forms and pictures in an envelope and drop on the designated drop boxes at the Customer Service counters of all SM Hypermarket branches.

2.    All entries shall be delivered by the branches to Marketing Head Office at the end of deadline.
3.    There will be a total of five (5) winners of Kitchen Make-Over.
4.    SM Hypermarket Marketing staff shall go through all entries and pick one winner at each judging date.  DTI representative shall be invited to witness the selection of winners.
5.   Winners will be notified via registered mail and phone.
6.    An interior designer shall design a kitchen for the winner. He/she shall also determine the items that will
be used. Items shall be purchased at SM Hypermarket.
7.    The winner should be the owner of the kitchen or if rented, must have written consent of the owner.
8.    Employees of SM Hypermarket, all sponsors, it’s partners, its affiliates, and all companies and individual directly or indirectly connected with SM Hypermarket, its agency Ad Targets, Inc. and their relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity are disqualified from joining the promo.

Control Measures:

All registration forms shall be submitted after the deadline of submission of entries to the marketing office for safekeeping under the custody of the Marketing Manager. A DTI representative will be invited to be present in the determination of winners. Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 4959, Series of 2011

Kitchen Sample Exhibit during the SM Master Chefs Launch

Do you think your kitchen badly needs this makeover? Are you an SM Hypermarket  clientele? Then Join SM Master Chefs’ Kitchen Makeover with PSID interior designers!

SM Master Chefs‘ Cooking Marathon will run every week for three (3) months in different SM Hypermarket branches! In fact, it runs not once, but twice a week!

Happening from 3 to 5pm all Tuesdays and Thursdays from July to September,the cooking marathon will also host different well-known Chefs in the country today using products from the event sponsors.

Check out the schedule below for the listings of SM Hypermarket branches where the Cooking Marathon will be happening:

SM Master Chefs 2011 Cooking Marathon Schedule: (as of July 3, 2011. Schedule may change without prior notice)

Cooking Marathon

See you at the SM Master Chefs‘ Cooking Marathon! So, which SM Hypermarket is nearest you?

On its 10th anniversary, SM Hypermarket sets its sights on creating milestones with its SM Master Chefs 2011 program.

Together with 19 master brands, SM Hypermarket will enliven the culinary world’s insatiable hunger for innovation with the launch of the SM Master Chefs. It will be a composite event made up of three components:

• A Grand Cooking Demo & Cooking Marathons
• A Supersized Cook Off Series
• Kitchen Makeovers

The nineteen master brands are Knorr, Nestle All Purpose Cream, Unilever Food Solutions, Tabasco, Lee Kum Kee, Lady’s Choice, Maggi, Clara Ole, Kikkoman Soy Sauce, San Remo, McCormick, Bounty Fresh Chicken, CDO, Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdog, Purefoods Star Hotdog, Magnolia Cheeze spread, Magnolia Purefresh, Magnolia All Purpose Cream and Magnolia Dari Crème. Each a familiar staple in today’s Filipino kitchen who joins SM Hypermarket to feed the culinary world’s insatiable hunger for innovation.

Cooking Marathon

From July to September, every week in three months, SM Master Chefs will conduct a marathon of cooking demos that will tour SM Hypermarket branches all over the nation, showcasing innovations in culinary products and cooking aids.

More than just a source of entertainment for the onlookers, the Cooking Demos will also be a venue of culinary discovery for people who are passionate about cooking.

SM Hypermarket

Supersized Cook Off

Furthermore, a Supersized Cook Off series will also tour selected branches in the country by October.

We’ll go around the country like SM Hypermarket in Cubao, Batangas, Pampanga, and Cebu, among others!

Kitchen Makeover

Lastly, the Kitchen Makeover will be more hands on with the kiychens of five lucky SM Hypermarket customers who will get their kitchen upgraded by soome of the best interior designers in the country for free!

Their kitchens will be redesigned and furnished in partnership with established designers from the Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID).

Exciting times ahead indeed! Schedules for the Cooking Marathons, Supesized Cook Off Series, and mechanics for the Kitchen Makeovers will be announced soon!

SM Master Chefs

It’s going to be a hyper season with SM Hypermarket so watch out this coming July until October at your favorite SM Hypermarket brances!

MAFBEX Registration / Entrance Ticket Fee

I think my window shopping skills in large scale food business-related exhibits and expositions like the recent MAFBEX has already matured.

Before, it used to take me several hours as I visit each one of them.

Nnow, it’s down to two hours include watching whatever show or seminar that is going on during my visit; in this case – Flair Cup 2011.

MAFBEX's Flair Cup 2011

Flair Cup is a flairing competition among students of competing colleges and universities which usually offer HRM-related courses.

Here are photos of other exhibitors which I found is of interest.

Coke - Shakey's Bus

Yummy Magazine and Enderun in MAFBEX 2011

There were also international booths including USA, Korea, Europe, and others.

International Booths in MAFBEX - USA, Europe, Kore, et al

GONegosyo Booth

Of the foods that I have bought and tasted, it was the Korean Egg Cake which hit the mark. It’s very similar to French Toast but the egg is ‘cooked’ on top of the bread using a special machine similar to one used in making Japanese cakes.

Korean Egg Cake

Lambanog in Attractive Bottles!

There was also the P10 Halo-halo which is obviously a gave-away. This was a good marketing strategy by the merchant who sells halo-halo ingredients so he can have the people taste her products without the freeloaders. 😛

‘Til next year’s MAFBEX!