The Philippines’ long standing and the only remaining food magazine that promotes great food, awesome places for dining, superb hotels and other products and services takes pride on their 18th Year in the food magazine industry.
For the past 8 years, COOK Magazine has been holding an annual thanksgiving party for their advertisers, columnists and friends. And this year’s celebration, “Slumber Ball – A High Gloss Pajama Party”, was conceptualized by the COOK team to provide our guests with a relaxed and fun-filled atmosphere. The theme reflects the working environment at COOK – laid-back, filled with dreamy food and recipes, and lots of fun and laughter to share with everyone.
While all other publications on food have folded up as years go by, COOK Magazine admits the continues challenge they encounter in publishing a monthly magazine. Through the years, COOK Magazine has built its credibility and integrity to their advertisers and readers to bring in only deserving quality products that the country has to offer to their existing and potential markets. But keeping on the top and standing as the lone food magazine in the country isn’t a walk in the park. The 18 years in the industry was credited to Cook Magazine’s advertisers and readers and this is a living testimony that when you do what you love, it won’t ever feel like work.
The yearly thanksgiving celebration is an opportunity for COOK Magazine management team to personally thank all of their advertisers for their continued support of COOK through the years and the highlight of the evening is the awarding of all the top advertisers. It also gives the COOK team a chance to introduce ourselves, along with our columnists and contributors – everyone involved in making COOK Magazine what it is. As the longest running and only monthly culinary magazine in the country today, COOK Magazine outlasted the trends, the ups and downs, even the shift to other platforms. This make them truly proud of this achievement but they know that without all the support from advertisers and friends in the industry, COOK Magazine wouldn’t exist, and thus COOK Magazine says, THANK YOU!
As a simple way of showing their gratitude, COOK Magazine is sharing with everyone the very thing that has fuelled COOK Magazine’s 18 years – the love for food.
In this momentous occasion, COOK Magazine expresses deepest gratitude to the generosity of House Manila, for again providing with an awesome venue. To top it all, COOK’s very own Editor-in-Chief, Chef Dino Datu has prepared something for our guests, courtesy of Canadian Beef.
COOK Magazine has also expressed equal gratitude and acknowledgement to the generosity of their caterers.
Friends from Chefwix Catering who prepared a spread of Buttered Vegetables, Creamy Pesto Chicken and Indonesian Pork BBQ Spareribs. Cowboy Grill prepared some Pork Sisig, Beef Caldereta Adobo, Chicken Teriyaki, Steamed Veggies and Coffee Jelly for dessert. Kitchen Seventy-One owned by Chef Jhic De Guzman Dimagiba prepared Beef Caldereta, Thai Grilled Porkchop, Cajun Chicken and Baked Mac. Pedro ‘N Coi presents their specialty Filipino dishes like Pansit, Pakbet, Sisig, Bistek, Roast Chicken and their famous Pinoy street food, Tunog Kalye (fish ball).
Since no celebration is complete without lechon, no less than the famous crispy lechons from Lydia’s Lechon is present. For sweet endings, there’s the Cheese Bar, Inutak, Assorted Kakanin, Pastillas Pops, Suman Cake, Pastillas Cake and Latik Fondue served by Aging’s Food Delight and delectable desserts from Sweetilicious Homemade Goodies by Chef Jojo Cuesta-Javier.
COOK Magazine also would like to thank their friends who generously provided drinks in the dazzling night of the “Slumber Ball” who unlimitedly filled the glasses with drinks of the merrymakers coming from Lick Iced Tea, Coffee from the Illy booth, Gato Negro Wines and the Open Bar of House Manila.
To add excitement and share the blessings, COOK Magazine celebration will not be complete without giving away prizes to the lucky winners. The lucky guests took home major prizes such as the Bosch Fully Automatic Espresso Machine, Whirlpool Refrigerator, Bosch Mum Kitchen Machine (All in one food processor and mixer), Bosch Universal Slicer, Tecnogas Oven, and two sets of a seven piece induction cookware from Masflex. Other prizes raffled off included hotel accommodations, round trip ticket, gift certificates for buffets and spas, water filter, skin care products, and a whole lot more.
As per tradition, guests wearing the most dazzling sleepwear had a fashion parade with a prize awarded to the one with the best outfit. Mayda Chua provided the night’s entertainment by serenading the crowd. The event was hosted Choi Soriano and COOK Magazine’s Advertising Manager Marlon Aldenese.
Cook Magazine gratefully conveys their sincerest gratitude to House Manila, their official venue partner. A million thanks to the following for supporting our 18th anniversary and 8th Holiday Bash: Apo View Hotel, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Bluewater Resorts, Boracay Tropics, Bosch Appliances, Century Park Hotel, Cheez Whiz, City of Dreams, Dermablend, Diana Stalder, Dusit Thani Manila, Eastwood Richmonde Hotel, Eden, Eurotel, Excellence Appliance Technologies, F1 Hotel Manila, Fujidenzo Appliances, Gato Negro, Ginebra San Miguel, Gold Seas, Grand Hyatt Manila, Häfele Philippines, Harvest Hotel, High Tower, Hotel Celeste, Hotel H2O, Icon Hotel, Illy, Ivo, Jpark Island Resort & Waterparks, King Sue, Kitsho, Laketown Inc., Lick Iced Tea, Luljetta’s Place Garden Suites, Luxent Hotel, Makati Diamond Residences, Marco Polo Ortigas Manila, Maria Clara Sangria, Masflex Cookware & Kitchen, Mega Prime, Mega Sardines, Mega Tuna, Mondelez International, Movenpick Resort & Spa Boracay, New World Hotel Makati, Omni Channel Marketing, Oreo, Pearl Farm Beach Resort, Perfect Shots Photobooth, Perk Communications, Petron Gasul, Photoman, PRC Inc., Rebel Marketing, Resorts World Manila, Rhodesian Sales Corp., Richmonde Hotel Iloilo, Richmonde Hotel Ortigas, San Miguel Corporation, San Miguel Purefoods Culinary Center, Skechers Go Walk, Sofitel Philippine Plaza, South Carolina Beverages Incorporated, Stratworks Marketing Communications, Taal Vista Hotel, Tang, Tecnogas Appliances, The Henry Hotel, The Heritage Manila, Thousand Miles Travel, UCC, and Whirlpool Appliances.
Gratitude and acknowledgement is being extended to COOK Magazine’s media partners: Business Mirror, Philippines Graphic, Health & Fitness, WNOT What’s New Out There, DWIZ 882 and Home Radio 97.9.
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