Winners of ‘A’Saffa BBQ Challenge 4’ announced
The ‘A’Saffa BBQ Challenge 4’, Oman’s most prestigious barbecue cooking competition, recently witnessed 50 families battle it out at the Civil Aviation Club.
Due to the overwhelming response and participation, the competition was divided into two groups, with winners being declared from both the groups in equal numbers, in order to encourage participants.
The perfect opportunity to showcase one’s barbecue culinary skills and an appetising family barbecue getaway, the winning teams at the competition were judged by Oman’s finest upcoming chefs Iffat al Aufi, Haroun al Balushi and Shabu Thambi from NHI, who declared Malabar Adukkala (Team No 14) as the winners, Naseemudeen (Team No 9) as the first runners-up and Nevin (Team No 15) as the second runners-up from Group A and BBQ Buddies (Team No 33) as the winners, and Srijith B Nair (Team No 42) as the first runners-up and Furkan (Team No 37) as the second runners-up from Group B.
Three fully dressed chicken were provided to each team by A’Saffa at the competition this year. For their convenience, participants were asked to bring their own barbecue sets, coal, fuel, skewers, spices and culinary ware. The families received points based on taste, recipe innovation, recipe originality, cook- ing hygiene and preparation and presentation.
The event also witnessed a specially designed Atfal Club Kids Corner with an A’Saffa food spread, magic show, face-painting, games, music for kids and traditional Omani performances and a whole lot of cooking fun for the adults.
Sidhartha Lenka, head of Mar- keting and Sales, A’Saffa Foods, said, “On behalf of the A’Saffa Foods family, my heartiest congratulations to the winning teams and a sincere thank you to everyone who participated and helped make it a success. Also, an extremely special thanks to all our judges from NHI, chef Haroon for evaluating another intense competition this year.”
He added, “The fourth edition of the ‘A’Saffa BBQ Challenge’ was a day marked by family fun and competition, and possibly the best way to showcase our range of fresh, halal, healthy, tasty chickens. A’Saffa Foods have become synonymous with healthy eating habits and family fun and by hosting this event, which is the first of its kind in the region annu- ally, we aim to continue to reiterate this.
“We are delighted to have celebrated the BBQ season in the best possible way again this year, with some extremely passionate teams showcasing their culinary talents as well as families and friends gathering over delicious food, making the ‘A’Saffa BBQ Challenge - 4’ the ultimate 'live' barbecue experience.”
Being pioneers in fully integrated poultry production and farm management systems, A’Saffa Foods has built its competence and expertise in poultry and food production, processed food technology and innovative food recipes helping deliver new, flavourful choices that consumers can enjoy at all times.