Bloggers writing about food is one thing, bloggers cooking the food itself in full view of the public is another. So yeah, that’s how I attended one of the most enjoyable blog events ever – the Century Corned Tuna Bloggers’ Cook-Off held last Saturday, Nov. 7 at The Stock Market in the Fort.
The concept was similar to Iron Chef. There was this long table laid out with a variety of ingredients, and the challenge was to come up with any pasta and appetizer dish that would appeal best to a panel of judges, all to be done in 45 minutes! Our finished dishes would be judged based on the following criteria: Plating (20%), Originality (20%), Taste (25%) and the Innovative Use of Century Corned Tuna (35%).
That’s moi with Jane and Erlyn prior to the cooking frenzy. Was so glad to belong to Team B which also consisted of AJ, Arpee and Ohmski. One thing that made us win: our incomparable teamwork! 
There was also our great coach, Chef Donna Morales. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without her helpful suggestions 
One thing we learned: Century Tuna is healthy to eat, and so versatile. You won’t believe the kind of dishes we made just by using it.
We were able to prepare:
a delicious Tuna Quesadilla added with thinly slices of pears for that extra crunch
a savory Asian-inspired Tuna Pasta with Spinach, Asparagus, Almonds and Miso.
I promise to share our recipe here soon, as they’re easy to make and yet, will surely impress guests at your next party.
Judging time. There were a number of judges including advertising exec Ariel Comia (a.k.a Mr. Bearbricklove) and Doc Gelo, as well as the Century Tuna Superbod Model winners.
The best part was winning the grand prize of ten thousand pesosesoses which we had to divide among ourselves for an early Christmas shopping money. Yippee. Thank you Century Corned Tuna, PC & V, Rogue Digital, and The Stock Market
hi ms. annalyn, congratulations! your team’s dishes really were enticingly delicious! great job!
btw, thanks for visiting my blog; i’ll link your site with mine.
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I was there too. Congrats guyz!
Sarap nung tuna pasta! 
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[...] were two teams, each having six members. I was part of the great Team B, together with Arpee, AJ, Erlyn, Jane and Omar. Our coach was Chef Donna Morales from Century [...]
Wow, this makes me hungry and crave for tuna. Ever since Ondoy, we have never had century tuna, I guess we are scared of opening the canned tuna that got submerged by the mud, although we have cleaned them already. We plan to feed them to our pets na lang. But hey, we can always buy a can or two from the grocery right!
Anyway, I’m sure a lot of people like me look forward to the winning recipes you used. Congrats!
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Ajay!!! Super teammate!
Your quesadilla idea was fantastic!
This was a fantastic afternoon!
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Can i grab some photos? will link back to your lovely site!
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Hi Ajay, I just want to personally thank you for featuring my blog at Manila Bulletin’s Blog-O-Rama. Again, thanks a lot.
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Hi Jay, yes am posting the recipes soon..at least what I can remember from my head, hehe. Hope you like it
Please feel free to use the photos Jane. No worries . Hope we get to be in a team again, in future events. w00t!
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ate ajay, ako din pa grab ng pix puhlease
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Hi Ms. Annalyn,
Thank you for gracing our event. I hope you had fun. Thank you so much for writing about the experience.
I would also like to thank the media agency of Century Corned Tuna, Starcom Mediavest for making this event happen & believing in us.
More power to bloggers! More power to you Ms. Annalyn!
- April Tadena, Havoc Digital Inc.
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Hi,
I’m AJ just want to ask if someone knows how I can get an spnsorship from century tuna?
I am company nurse and we are planning to conduct a contest “iron chef concept” of doing a healthy snacks using century tuna. This project is in line with the celebration of Nutrition Month this July that will be conducted in our company.
Thanks in advance. Keep it up guys.
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