{"id":33765,"date":"2018-09-05T08:54:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T00:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=33765"},"modified":"2018-09-05T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T09:01:46","slug":"culinaire-2018-county-fair-of-food-fun-and-festivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/culinaire-2018-county-fair-of-food-fun-and-festivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Culinaire 2018: County Fair of Food, Fun and Festivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was nothing but festivity\u00a0the moment\u00a0we stepped inside this year’s Culinaire event where each corner of function rooms 4 and 5 of the SMX Convention Center instantly transformed the night into both an old and modern county vibe. With its grandiose designs\u00a0and sumptuous\u00a0meals prepared by\u00a0top accredited caterers in the country, it was surely a delightful evening!<\/p>\n

\"\"Via Mare’s magical setup\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Culinaire<\/em><\/strong>, a French word, meaning anything related to food and cooking, is SMX Convention Center’s annual\u00a0gastronomic event of food, fun, and festivity. This year’s theme is County Fair\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0<\/span>a rodeo, county chic style.<\/p>\n

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Manila Catering’s boho style setup\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Culinaire is an annual event serving as\u00a0a platform for caterers and clients\u00a0not just for business but also for appreciation. The gathering\u00a0is for all kinds of business people and 14 different catering services to showcase their best buffet spread with an aim to connect people to the right caterers.<\/p>\n

\"\"Bizu’s carousel themed-buffet spread<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This year’s Culinaire welcomed guests in a county flash-mob kind of production number from the staffs of each catering services. It was then followed by opening remarks and quick instructions before starting the food tour.<\/p>\n

\"\"Appetizers of Via Mare<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Cookie smores for dessert by Albergus Catering\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The food adventure\u00a0starts with a map,\u00a0taking guests per table, with over 700 seats, to different catering booths all at once. Here, everyone is assigned to a certain station to taste the appetizers, main course, and desserts prepared by the catering service and wait for a bell to transfer to the next destination from your map.<\/p>\n

\"\"Bizu’s Appetizer, Main Course, and Dessert plate\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

F<\/span>ood per station varies from meats and shrimps to pastries and lots and lots of sweets!\u00a0Everyone was ecstatic to try out all the foods from 14 different catering services such as\u00a0The Creamery Catering,\u00a0<\/span>Kitchen City,\u00a0<\/span>Juan Carlo,\u00a0<\/span>M Catering and Fine Foods,\u00a0<\/span>Josiah Catering,\u00a0<\/span>Bizu,\u00a0<\/span>Tamayo\u2019s Catering,\u00a0<\/span>Albergus,\u00a0<\/span>Tjioe Chew: The Art of Catering,\u00a0<\/span>The LJC Catering Group,\u00a0<\/span>Manila Catering,\u00a0<\/span>Hizon\u2019s Catering,\u00a0<\/span>Event Shaker, and\u00a0<\/span>Via Mare.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The modern-barn setup of The Creamery Catering<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To make the fair even more lively, guest\u00a0performers played country songs in the background while everyone’s enjoying their sumptuous meals.\u00a0Oh, did we mention that there were also booth games as well as a 360-degree photo booth for everyone to enjoy?<\/p>\n

\"\"Game <\/em>Booths<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"360-degree photo booth<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A\u00a0night filled with loads of fun, prizes, food adventures, networking and great opportunity to showcase their world-class meals to everyone, Culinaire 2018 is a success in bringing together people and the food business in one platform.<\/p>\n

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A night of old and modern county vibe filled with lots of food, fun, and festivity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6971,4079,6964,6963,6975,6974,6969,6968,4083,4081,4082,6970,6967,6973,6972,4076],"class_list":["post-33765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-albergus","tag-bizu","tag-culinaire","tag-culinaire-2018","tag-event-shaker","tag-hizons-catering","tag-josiah-catering","tag-juan-carlo","tag-kitchen-city","tag-m-catering","tag-manila-catering","tag-tamayos-catering","tag-the-creamery-catering","tag-the-ljc-catering-group","tag-tjioe-chew-the-art-of-catering","tag-via-mare"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/09\/culinaire.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33765"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33857,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33765\/revisions\/33857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}