Speaking of being in the burfday season, I recently attended a bufday bash of a good fren of mine. But first, what’s a party without FOOD?
nyahaha. XD
So yeah, CHECK OUT the recent FoodEx : Penang Chef Challenge that was held at PISA. It was pretty cool that it had contestants from different parts of the world so it sorta brings the competition into a more international scale. Kudos!
And these were what all of the local and international contestants were competing for – tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
These symbolic trophies, medals and certificates
Basically, it was more of a ‘Black Box’ competition.
Whereby none of the contestants are to know what
their MAIN INGREDIENTS were supposed to be.
They could just throw u anything, be it something more
tedious like lamb, duck to common things like fish or chicken.
I’m sure it is a known fact that KDU College Penang Campus had carved itself a name in professional culinary training – or known better as their Diploma in Professional Chef Training. They sponsored a few teams to compete in the mentioned competition.
So let’s take a look =)
One team in particular that I was rooting for
all the way was this team of four
In the middle is Chef Darren Tan, who conducted and oversaw all the training sessions that they had. Under his guidance, these budding chef students have certainly learned a thing or two
^_^ always there Hun
I was there early to support their team… gimme a reason why I shouldn’t?
Haha. Oh yeah, t’was because I skipped class.
You didn’t just read that.
nyahhaha.
We fooled around before the competition began to somewhat ease stress
And Gavin ENTERTAINED us with his “magic tricks “
(of which he furiously learnt through YouTube)
Hmm.. I guess with too much practise and exposure to these extraordinary tricks, the magic sorta backfired and in turn, made his facial features resemble those of an ape’s
This is a very original and RAW photograph of Sweetheart & Gavin
I wonder.
See the difference between:
a normal human being and a very unusual Neanderthal
‘Makes Me Wonder’
Pal Jack was one of the committee helpers
Met classmate Maya too!
She was there to support our friend Mia
And yay… I treasure THIS PICTURE BELOW
the good-looking Chef Darren Tan
and the impressive chef-cum-entrepreneur Audee Cheah
It’s an honour to have met ya’ll.
Though I’ve only been once to his self-owned fine-dining restaurant – Audees, for Sweetheart & I’s 2nd year anniversary back in 2006. But still, we were impressed by it. Go dine in there sometime, peeps! It’s worth your money =D
See that extra tall person?
Hmm.. there’s some hanky-panky between Gavin and him
Very well coordinated
Front to back – Sweetheart, Gavin, Mandy
Sweetheart, serious sial when he was plating the food.
Presentation carries lotsa points too.. hmm
And… suddenly,
WTF is this
Like, HULLO??
You ain’t transparent, Mister oddly-shaped head.
Why, thank you very much for not obstructing my view anymore.
Picture-taking continues =D
they don’t look as stressed as they did in the beginning
Another part that makes practically all of the arena go ‘wheeeeeeeee’ is of course, the free food being offered at almost every stall you see!
Hmm.. their means of promoting their products.
Made from REAL dragon fruits!
It’s actually a good way, for bestie Rach, sista Rach and
myself actually bought them after the FIRST taste.
Kinda compulsive, but what to do?
It IS so tasty ya’ cant resist – especially at lunchtime
There they are, made right in fronta you
And freshly out from the oven!
Tasty goodness!
What’s warm, nice… and…
Um. okay. that sounded wrong, but.. oh well, you get my point.
*grins*
At the display area, is where we had to throng through crowds and crowds of equally-enthusiastic people and supporters
I managed to capture a few of my faves though –
Some of the main courses
Some appetizers
And some soups
Don’t ask me why I didn’t take pictures of the desserts. I’m sure a few of you there with me will know why. Gahahaaha.
They are really nicely done but.. hmm. There were other reasons.
nevermind
=D
Pressure again, climaxes intensely. With this panel of judges tasting, trying, testing and finally awarding points for its taste, colour, presentation, quality and other criteria.
so much food! *drools*
*wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
food makes u drool, no?
=D
i can somehow imagine ben being a famous world known chef and u will be hes hot food model and promoter
wow… such a compliment fo him dear couzzie, but me JUST A PROMOTER?
haahaa.. must be… ambassadress or spokesperson! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee
omg .. look at gavin unusual human!look like else comic noob !!! lol!!!
wulalla .. food!!!!!! unfortunately they lose coz of the green floor cleaning detergen desert ? =p wasted la !!! they did well , n i see their serious face when they making the delicios food!!!
=p i love FOOD !!
haaha yes.. mebbe cos he casted a spell on himself =P
hmm.. yea that’s kinda the reason why i didnt put any dessert pics. so me-mahai-kan. =P
*high 5* i love food tooooo
yes .. mem-per-sia sui-kan other attractive food nii !!
high 10 . cant live without food !! so chef , u r important person in this world !!!!
well. after all, ‘he’ tried his best. I’m just there to support my boyfriend and his frens. =D
oohwow.
That looks pretty damn awesome x)
and it IS pretty damn awesome =D
in fact, i was wowed by the way they cooked up a storm so fast in the given time frame
guys are gettin more domesticated these days, but not the other way around =0
lol after mentioning to me on how i comment, i lost the rhythm already. sob sob. ROLF. for some reason my connection in my uni seems slow especially when i try loading blogspot. so all these while i have been reading your entries via google reader 😛
back to your entry, i have always been a big fan of cooking competition. cooking has never looked so fun yet intense until watching how gordon ramsey screws anyone’s head who tries to be under his wing.
i am pretty sure there weren’t an exchange of vulgar words @ Pisa. i love seeing how the food is arranged in such manner and the amount is somewhat ‘just-nice’, lol.
i wonder if there’s such competition here in kl @_@ i dun mind the free food, hehehe.
so how did the the team fair ? 🙂
wa when is this? doesn’t look like the PISA one… or is it the PISA
ps: Gavin stop using ur cards to tipu underage girls!!! lolzzzz
ahahhaha satkuru the way u comment fo me is always so funny =D that’s why i told u. keke.
GORDON RAMSEY is effin scary! oh and that team got 6th placing.. another team from KDU got 3rd placing =D
omg kxin i cant believe gavin didn’t tell u anyth about the competition??? and where and when?? yeah it was a pisa, they made it look different, no?
ahha
gavins tricks made his facial expressions freaky. =D
I really dunno. I just felt hungry instead.. haha
wow dan.. hunger makes a person not know anything =D
i could have save some lunch money by going there.. u din inform me!!!!
the spoon that’s bent 360degrees is very very cool~
heyz, cOngratz ya ! lolz
I should be there earlier! arhhz, too bad i missed it >_< Thanks to Jess, atleast i know wat’s going on before i was there. ahaahz
*gasp* omg ps going there JUST FOR THE SAKE OF free food is so clever of u. but very deviant as well =)
I know, right? the spoon is cool. must’ve used telekenesis to bend it =P
heyhey hazel u went as well? hmm.. didn’t bump into u. u went slightly later rite? =)
hehe. getcha scoop n info here! wootwoot!
haaahhhahaa =D
satkuru, me and gavin might be attending another battle in taylors college this august. MAYBE =P hope we can find the right people for our team, no more mistakes repeated by choosing the wrong people like this competition…..*glares all around* AND YOU B. coming to support me or coming to ifoodex with your pirates to steal free food??? =)
hohohoho B okays, choose me and I’ll either make u lose or make the refrigerator catch fire. O_o
umm.. *giggles* a bit of both, dearie. but i certainly did not miss class to steal free food. it’s fer YOU!
*mwah*
*drooooooooooools* You’re making me hungry!!! I”m so glad you didn’t get your self drunk on your own birthday and that you had so much fun! My bday is just another day. Haha. Maybe this year no one actually remembers it. Neway sry it took me so long to write this short comment. My internet is super laggy…
haha.. it’s okay rize =)
I always make ppl HUNGGGGRRYYYYYY
XD
note to self: bday gals CANNOT & MUST NOT be drunk! =P =P
Hahaha. You always make people hungry? bad gurl :p
Hmm yeah not being drunk at all times!
jess! whos that oddly shape head guy? lol so funny la u i like the way u describe him.. btw he look like thomas one of our junior..
kxin: magic is not “tipu” but its a trick that entertains the person who get trick and everyone who sees it.
ben: if there is, then we must wisely choose our teammates. i ain’t gonna trust any person name “fong”, “fang” or “frank” and also darren. haha..
hehe rize *grins*
the oddly shaped head guy happens to be YOU gav dear! =P
nawhh.. it ain’t you and it ain’t thomas =D it’s some committee member. =D
he’s tryin to get u to believe his TRICKS kxin!! runnnnn!!!
ROFLOL!!!! I like the way you sed that fong-fang-frank thing. lawak. but since u love playin w girls so much then fonglina or fangelisa or frankaline u will TRUST isit???
=P =P =P
hey there,s promised a comment…. well,one thing for sure…. whether jack is drunk or not he stil looks d same in pic…. haha….. welcome to d retard geng,jack… haha
lol adrian why u comment about the burfday in this post leh?
this is the chef competition one wor
wakakaka.. anwyay, tak aper.
=D
p.s – he’s not as retarded as u.
=P =P *bluek*
Who won the contest? How did mr. ben do?
i reckon there wasnt any individual competitiors, but ones in a team
the winner for student category was if im not wrong, a team frm KDU PJ. one of the teams frm KDU PENANG emerged 2nd place and ben’s team came in 4th
=D