Food and Travel Writing Contest at Yummy.ph

yummyIn celebration of Yummy.ph’s Hong Kong Food and Wine Festival 2009, the site is running a Food and Travel Article Writing Contest from October 5, 2009 at 12 noon to October 16, 2009 at 12 p.m., Philippine standard time.

What’s at stake are the following:
Grand Prize: Free trip for 2 to Hong Kong for 3 days and 2 nights inclusive of airfare and hotel accommodations. Plus a one-day pass to the Hong Kong Food and Wine Festival and be invited to write about his or her experience to be posted on Yummy.ph.
1st Runner-Up: An all-expense paid dinner at Fish and Co. restaurant.
Five (5) Runners-Up: Two will each receive a three-month subscription of YUMMY magazine and three will win a set of YUMMY books.

To join, be a member of Yummy.ph and should be 18 years old and above. Must carry a passport valid at least six months prior to date of travel.

All you have to do is submit a food and travel (local or international) article that is 800 to 1000 words long, accompanied by at least three (3) good photographs in high resolution. Participants may submit a maximum of two (2) entries. Each entry should also contain the participant’s full name, address, and contact numbers. Send your entries to yummy.ph@gmail.com on or before October 16, 2009, 12 p.m.

Criteria:
50% content and style
30% photography
20% overall impact

Announcement of winners will be on Friday, October 16, 2009, 6 p.m.

For more information and queries, check out Yummy.ph.

Wine Appreciation + Food Pairing Basics at The Forum

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Rene Barbier and the Maya Kitchen present
WINE APPRECIATION + FOOD PAIRING BASICS
A talk on how to make simple appetizers for your parties and how to pair them with the right wines.
This week- Pizza! How to make 3 types of easy to make bite size pizzas to be followed by a short talk on wine appreciation.

When: October 9, 2009
Where: The Forum, Fullybooked Bonifacio High Street
Time: 6pm-9pm
Fee: Php1000.00 (comes with a loot bag)
Registration: Fullybooked Customer Service desk at Bonifacio High Street or email at francis_oliva01@yahoo.com or call (0917) 537-5171 and (02) 2157222.

For more information, check out Fully Booked Online.