8 Student Chefs for the Moulinex You Cook Video Recipe Challenge Year 2 Revealed!

 

Find out who will outshine them all!

Moulinex You Cook is a culinary competition where entries are submitted in video clips showing the ingredients and procedure through a cooking demo using Moulinex food preparation products. Currently enrolled Culinary Arts and Hotel and Restaurant Management students in Metro Manila aged 18 yrs. old and above are the participants for this competition.

 

The Moulinex You Cook Video Recipe Challenge Year 2 formally launched last October 1 at the Hyphy’s Restaurant (The Veranda, Robinson’s Galleria) with school admins, students, judges, guests and food bloggers.

The much awaited semi-finals cook-off was held last January 14 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati. After 1 and 1/2 hours of cook-off, top 16 qualifiers for Moulinex You Cook Challenge went down to 8 who will be joining the Grand Finals happening on January 28, Saturday.

 

 

The judges gave pieces of advice to the participants as they presented their recipe.

Laurent Casteret (F&B Director, Intercontinental Hotel Manila), Rory Subida (Culinary Directress, Manager of Maya Kitchen Culinary Arts Center Manila), Chef Nino Laus (Owner of Ninyo  Multi-awarded Chef), Nina Daza-Puyat (Editor-in-Chief Appetite Magazine) and Chef Bruce Lim (Filipino-Chinese Chef, Entrepreneur, TV Producer and Host)

 

Here is the list of the Semi-Finalists:

1. Lauren de Guzman (First Gourmet Academy)
2. Nino Carlo Rosali (Asian Institute of Culinary Arts)
3. Hilario Gamaliel Luis Manikan (First Gourmet Academy)
4. Frank Cheung (First Gourmet Academy)
5. Rosana Ramel (Maligaya Institute for Culinary Arts and Residential Services)
6. Rochee Ann Rivera (Maligaya Institute for Culinary Arts and Residential Services)
7. Romeo Apostol Jr. (La Consolacion College Manila)
8. Aldin Cecil Sinda (Culinary Institute of Aristocrat)
9. Joemary Grace Balza (Maligaya Institute for Culinary Arts and Residential Services)
10. James Adrian Bicaldo (Center for the Culinary Arts Manila)
11. Jay Ran Dineros (Arellano University)
12. Leonelia de Castro (MOST Institute)
13. John Ryan Trani (Center for the Culinary Arts Manila)
14. Juno Pocholo Sedigo (First Gourmet Academy)
15. Halson Lapuz (First Gourmet Academy)
16. Karen Grace Santiago (La Consolacion College Manila)

The cook-off was divided into two batches with 8 students per batch. For me, the first 8 semi-finalist did very well. Each students were given 1 and 1/2 hours to cook their submitted recipe using any Moulinex food preparation equipment and was judged according to  Taste (30%), Mise En Place/Ease of Preparation (20%), Creativity/Originality (15%) and Visual appeal (15%)

For me, all of them possessed the qualities of a future chef. The recipes look nice, creative and all of them are interesting dish.  16 Semi-finalists not only enjoyed the competition, with the guidance from Moulinex team and judges’ comments they surely went home loaded with knowledge and skills.

Congratulations to the Top 8 Moulinex You Cook Challenge 2 Grand Finalist!

Search for the People’s Choice Awardee

This year’s competition become more exciting as the Moulinex You Cook Video Recipe Challenge 2’s People’s Choice Award was launched via Moulinex Facebook Fan Page and the official website www.moulinexyoucook.com. Anyone of the 16 Semi-finalist has the chance to win this title. The voting system will close on January 27 at exactly 12 midnight. The student Chef who garnered the highest number of votes will be proclaimed winner and shall receive prizes from Moulinex and its partners/sponsors.

Up Next!

On January 28, 2012, 8 student Chefs from top schools in Metro Manila shall then have a cooking showdown to decide who will be the next Moulinex You Cook Video Recipe Challenge Year 2 Grand Winner. He/she will win P40,000 from Moulinex, Stay-and-Learn Program in InterContinental Hotel Manila and a Demo Tour with Moulinex Marketing Tea. The school represented by the winner and his/her mentor will also be receiving lots of prizes.

Thanks to Moulinex Philippines for inviting LivingMarjorney to witness the grandest culinary competition, the Moulinex You Cook Video Recipe Challenge Year 2!