Living up to its promise to not only provide quality products for the food industry, KESSLER’S® aims to also provide what the community needs to grow. And one of its fulfillments for this brand’s promise is the KESSLER’S® Pamana: Turning Stories and Recipes to Life-Long Legacies event.
After its triumphant kick-off in 2019 as the first and biggest cocoa-cooking competition in the country, KESSLER’S® Pamana had since been an anticipated event for chocolate lovers. And this year proved to be no different. While organizing an event during the pandemic was quite a challenge, KESSLER’S® Pamana 2020 was once again a resounding success as they pursued a different approach on how they mounted the event considering how the industry had been during the past months.
Commencing last October 1st, KESSLER’S® Pamana 2020 was launched at the KESSLER’S® official Facebook page and an overwhelming number of participants submitted their recipes and inspiring stories. In lieu of the actual cook-off, participants showcased their submitted recipes by sending the finished products to designated drop-off points. The final round was stretched until the end of November, integrating the photo reactions received by the top 3 recipes.
The culmination of this year’s competition was held virtually. Filmed live at KESSLER’S Kitchen and streamed through the KESSLER’S® official Facebook page, the main event held also last November, was officially opened by Ms. Gianna Kessler von Sprengeisen, VP for Marketing and PR of HAMBURG Trading Corp., along with some timely words of wisdom.
“At KESSLER’S®, we believe that beyond the treasures of our kitchen, this PAMANA experience yields a remarkable starting point to articulate your own legacy in the food industry. My advice to our viewers is to just go for it. If you really love what you are doing, fight for it. You must have determination and grit. There are never any shortcuts. There will be successes and failures. Keep going. You have nothing to lose,” said Kessler von Sprengeisen.
Meanwhile, HAMBURG Trading Corp. Chairman, Mr. Horst Kessler von Sprengeisen, reinforced their brand’s promise during the event: “We want to see that KESSLER’S® support gives smaller companies a bigger share in the market which has grown tremendously through the years, especially during this pandemic.”
The event yielded tremendous results during the live streaming as they received an amazing number of shares, comments, and views as everyone awaited the announcement of winners. The top 3 who were successful in delighting the judges with their original delicacies are as follows: 2nd runner up, Dyanna Mae Canas with her delectable “Choco Tupig”; 1st Runner up, Ehmmalyn Manrique with her mouth-watering “Kalamay in Chocolate Sauce w/ Latik”; and the Grand Winner, Kathleen Ann Saragosala with her outstanding “Chocolate Palitaw”.
This year’s Pamana Grand Winner brought home a Tecnogas Cooking Range, a one-year supply of Solane LPG and Solane souvenirs, Sanneng Bakeware products courtesy of Besterm, a Masflex chafing dish, Golden Fiesta Palm Oil pouches, Schoko chocolate compounds from All About Baking, KESSLER’S® products, as well as Php 8,000.00 cash.
During the event, KESSLER’S® also launched its very first “Grand Year-End Raffle” in time for the holiday season. 12 winners were drawn throughout to signify the 12 days of Christmas. Other event highlights also include the cooking demo with Chef Christine Paredes, Chocolatier and Resident Chef of KESSLER’S®; the awaited interviews of Ms. Valeri Valeriano and Ms. Christina Ong of “Queen of Hearts” and “Cake Fiesta Manila”; and Ms. Charmaine Tevar and Ms.Charisse Carino of “Twin Bakers PH” and founders of “Creative Cakepreneurs Philippines.”
KESSLER’S® Pamana 2020 and the Grand Year-End Raffle would not have been a success without the help from their co-presenters: KESSLER’S Kitchen, HAMBURG Trading Corp., Tecnogas Philippines, Masflex, Solane, and Golden Fiesta. All About Baking, Besterm, Sinag, and Baking Pantry were also sponsors of the event.
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