The Next Big Sandwich Hit 2014 ends successfully with a delicious bang!
As the popular saying goes, "Every good thing must come to an end," and with the just concluded 2nd year running of "The Next Big Sandwich Hit" and the announcing of this year's top three winners, we take a look back at the journey of the top 3 teams, all the things that they went through, including the struggles that they encountered, how they came up with all their delectable sandwich entries and what being declared as winners means for them.
Grand Prize Champion: National University
Bianca Mae Cadizal and Vanessa Andrada aptly called their team "Bianessa" combining both their first names and it seems that it turned to be a very good blessing as they very convincingly outdid all the other 9 schools and bagged this years' top prize. 2014 is indeed turning out to be a very good year for National University (NU), winning both the UAAP crown and the Cheerleading competition, and now, Team Bianessa brings another feather on NU's cap.
"Both Bianca and I really worked hard because we wanted to bring another win for our school. We took it upon ourselves to come up with unique and delicious sandwiches for all the three stages of the competition. We did a lot of taste testing and experimentation as well as used all the comments of our customers in perfecting our recipes," enthused both Bianca and Vanessa.
Looking back, both team members shared that what they went through as teammates made their friendship deeper and likewise, memorable because they had to learn to work well together and trust each other more. They also learned to be more patient and to take each other's criticism constructively.
"Winning this competition is a testament of our dedication to our craft and we will definitely use all the experiences that we have gained here to further build on our culinary skills and defend our Next Big Sandwich Hit crown in next year's competition," continued Team Bianessa.
In the end, all their hard work and perseverance paid off and Team Bianessa are the undisputed sandwich queens for 2014.
1st Runner-Up: La Consolacion College
For the second year in a row, La Consolacion College has made it to the top 3 highly-coveted positions in the annual Gardenia NBSH competition. Both Marie Beatriz Sarte and Adryx Ivan Royz Rafols of Team Sexy Chefs, couldn't be more proud of their personal accomplishment and what they have done for their school.
"Despite not being able to defend our title in this year's NBSH competition, we are still very proud of what we have accomplished and achieved. Both Marie and I remain committed to further perfecting our craft and hopefully, we can regain the championship crown again, in next year's contest. It was indeed a very good experience for both my teammate and I, and we are very thankful for this wonderful experience," beamed Team Sexy Chefs.
2nd Runner-Up: Philippine Women's University
Teammates' Jose Mari Tanglao and Roven Jayson Amistad, who call themselves as the "Dream Team" from Philippine Women's University feels very honoured to be proclaimed as part of the top 3 winners in the just concluded NBSH competition.
"From not being a top 3 winner last year to this year's 2nd Runner-Up jump shows that we can only become better. We expect to do even better next year, so watch out! But before that, we will take a much needed break. Both my teammate and I are dead tired from the competition but we are likewise very happy about the work that we did and the overall outcome of our effort. Our followers can expect us to come up with even more delicious sandwiches from here on end and hopefully our school will become the grand champion next year," proudly shared by PWU's Dream Team.
Delectably-unique and "culinary-ly" adventurous, Gardenia's the Next Big Sandwich Hit 2014 ends with a delicious bang and continues to amaze everyone with the various ingeniously-delectable things that one can do with a simple loaf of bread. Every year, it just keeps getting better and the number of people discovering and rediscovering what they can actually do with bread continues to increase.
"Thank you again to everyone who continue to support us through our annual Next Big Sandwich Hit" competition and we are truly grateful to all our loyal followers and we promise to continue to provide everyone with the best quality, most nutritious and delicious bread all day, every day and come up with an even better competition next year," ended Simplicio Umali Jr., President and General Manager of Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc.