Keep a date with Nigella
Cinnamon Life will be hosting Nigella Lawson – internationally renowned TV cook and food writer who has taken the culinary world by storm for over 20 years with her unmatched passion for home cooking for a series of culinary events in Sri Lanka, from June 21 - 23.
One of the highlights of her visit will be the ’Mystery Box Challenge’, which will be held on June 23, by the Lake, at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo. The ‘Mystery Box Challenge’ will be a perfect opportunity for aspiring Sri Lankan home cooks to showcase their culinary skills to the British celebrity cook.
The challenge will be launched on Cinnamon Life’s Facebook page, where interested contest- ants can enter via an online video, as per the criteria specified on the Facebook page. Once the entries are received, 8 contestants will be shortlisted to participate in the main event held at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo.
At the ‘Mystery Box Challenge’, the shortlisted contestants, will have to impress the celebrity cook and two other chefs at Cinnamon Lakeside, with their cooking skills, where they will be presented with mystery ingredients, in a box, which will be revealed at the time of the competition. The contestants then must create their own dish with the mystery ingredients on a live platform to impress her and win the challenge.
The winners will be selected by Nigella, based on technique, flavour and presentation, with the assistance of two chefs from Cinnamon. The winners will thereafter be presented with gifts and signed copies of her latest book ‘At My Table’ with a photo opportunity.
Tickets to see the Sri Lankan contestants in action with Nigella at the ‘Mystery Box Challenge’ held at Cinnamon Lakeside will also be available for interested gourmands and food-lovers.
Cinnamon Life is an integrated development by Sri Lanka’s premier listed conglomerate, the John Keells Group (JKH). This city within a city will consist of an 800-roomed luxury “Cinnamon” hotel, an array of entertainment facilities, premium residential apartments, retail and entertainment mall, office spaces, and many other attractions to set stage as the entertainment hotspot in the Indian Subcontinent. The development’s iconic design by Cecil Balmond will span 4.5 million square feet.
Cinnamon Life presents Nigella Lawson in Colombo - in association with HSBC Premier, Transport Provider Jaguar Land Rover, Airline Partner Sri Lankan Airlines, High Tea Partner Spa Ceylon gourmet tea, Indulgence Partner Imorich Ice cream, Inbound Travel Partner Walkers Tours, Outdoor media partner Emerging Media, Partner of Kitchen Appliances Beko,Print Media and Web partners Sunday Times, Daily Mirror, Daily FT, Life online, Daily Mirror.lk, Hi Magazine and HI TV, Radio Partner Lite FM, Cinema Partner Scope Cinema, Domestic Airline Partner Cinnamon Air and Event Production Partner Citrus Events Worldwide
For more details of this event and other exciting ventures from Cinnamon Life, please visit www. cinnamonboxoffice.com