Naga City, Philippines – The rewarding experience of
sharing a feast is just one of the many perks of cooking especially for
Filipinos, and Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil ambassador Chef Donita Rose happily
shares her passion in cooking just like during her Regional Festival Tour,
Penafrancia Festival.
Penafrancia Festival, being the region’s biggest religious festival, is
composed of fluvial parades in a different level of festivity, where thousands
of pilgrims flock to the city of Naga to pay honor to the miraculous patroness
of the region. And to add colors and
spices, Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil brought Chef Donita Rose to do mall
cooking demo during the festival. (More photos HERE)
The celebrity chef is currently doing a series of
festival cooking demo mall shows for Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil around the
country. As the second part of the ongoing Philippine Festival Tour of Jolly
Heart Mate Canola oil, the cooking demo of Chef Donita Rose to celebrate the
Penafrancia Festival which happened at SM City Naga last September 19, at 4:00 PM. In this event, Chef Donita cooked “Banana
wrapped Tilmok”, a crab and coconut milk dish popular among Bicolanos.
Chef Donita added her own twist to the recipe using her cooking techniques and unique ingredients fresh from Naga. To complete their festival experience, Bicolano mommies and foodies had the chance to try the sample dish made by Chef Donita and has been part of some mini games during the show, and won Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil freebies.
“Bicolanos, with their wide array of food
cuisines, really love to eat particularly during Festival time. Our culture is practically centered on food
which brings families closer, so we should also be aware of how we prepare the
food and what ingredients we use for the dishes that we serve,” said Donita.
Chef Donita also wants to help Bicolanos prepare
delicious dishes using their harvest, and
making it heart healthy with the use of Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil. “We must always be
conscious that the ingredients we use should be good for the heart, like Jolly
Heart Mate Canola oil which contains the lowest amount of bad fats (saturated
fats) but packs in the good kind like omega 3 and 6 that are good for the
heart,” Donita shared.
Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil also contains Vitamin A and
has a pale golden color, light texture, and neutral taste that makes it good
for all kinds of cooking. Aside from being versatile, it also has one of the
highest smoking points which make it very ideal for frying.
“We are very happy
that Donita continues to be the brand ambassador of Jolly Heart Mate Canola
Oil; she easily connects well with her audience given her lively personality.
Her passion for cooking can be easily seen, and we believe that she can inspire
others to live a healthy lifestyle by using a healthy oil like Jolly Heart Mate
Canola Oil in all the dishes we cook at home and especially in festivals such
as the Penafrancia,” added Zen Prudentino, Fly Ace Corporation Senior Product
Manager for Jolly Heart Mate Canola oil.
After the Penafrancia Festival, Donita is scheduled to
have a stopover in Bacolod for the Masskara Festival in October as part of her
nationwide festival tour. For more information on Chef Donita’s Festival Tour
with Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil, visit their facebook page on
www.facebook.com/JollyHeartMateCanolaOil.
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REYNALDO RUBIO
Public Relations and Digital Specialist
Mobile: (0977) 1449968
7th Floor, Fly Ace Corporate Center
13 Coral Way, Central Business Park,
Pasay City Philippines
http://www.flyacecorp.com/
