Discover… local bounty, baking glory with URC Flour Division’s El Panadero de Oro 2006
Posted by Admin URC Flour on 16 Jan 2007 at 12:14 pm | Tagged as: News
Eating freshly baked bread is something one looks forward to in the morning. Thanks to the hardworking bakers from the local neighborhood bakeries, who start baking bread even in the wee hours of the morning, we are able to enjoy the all-time favorite hot pan de sal for breakfast.
Apart from our staple pandesal, there are numerous baked products introduced in the market, which have captured the taste buds of Filipinos and have become sought after pasalubongs.
To give honor and recognition to the bakers, URC Flour Division has come up with El Panadero de Oro Bread Festival 2006. This is a unique competition and event series, aimed to uplift the status of the local bakers by showcasing their creativity, talent and skills in the following categories: Artistic Bread Display Category and the Specialty Bread Category – bread products fused with the popular local bounty (e.g. durian, mango).
Aside from the competition, El Panadero de Oro also offers interactive activities such as dough art for the kids and cooking/baking demonstrations for the bakers and mothers alike.
There were three legs of this competition: the first leg of the event series was held last September 10, 2006 at the activity center of NCCC Mall in Davao; the second was held last October 22, 2006 at the activity center of Elizabeth Mall. Finally, the GMA leg was held last November 12, 2006 at the activity center of Robinsons Galleria.
With many known local bakeries from all legs, three bakeries emerged as the best of the best when it comes to Bread Display: NCCC Bread Factory for Davao, Absolutely Homemade for Cebu and Supreme 8 for GMA.
Their respective wins have earned them tickets for the culminating bread display competition held during the URC Flour Thanksgiving Dinner last November 18, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila. All three bakeries showed their utmost creativity; at the end of the night, NCCC Bread Factory of Davao emerged as the hands – down winner of the competition with an intricate bread display piece entitled Philippine Development Through Unity in Diversity.
The El Panadero De Oro Bread Festival is a testament to URC Flour Division’s commitment to promote the local bakeries and bakeshops, to give recognition to the local bakers as well as encourage the creative use of our local bounty to come up with new product offerings and bring regional glory in baking.
