Kessler’s® Pamana Year 3: 2021

With the slowly bouncing back of the food industry after the challenging global times, Kessler’s® is with the community in thriving and seeing a better light for the next years to come.

Now on its third year, Kessler’s® Pamana continues its promise to promote and support local passionate home bakers and micro food entrepreneurs through a cooking competition that aims to turn stories and recipes to life-long legacies.

This year’s Kessler’s® Pamana is co-presented by HAMBURG Trading Corp, Kessler’s Kitchen, Tecnogas Technik, Solane, Masflex, All About Baking, McCormick, Sanneng Bakeware, Anchor, and Gourdo’s. Thai Kitchen is also this year’s major sponsor.

As always, safety of the contestants and all other interesting parties is our top priority. So same as last year’s event, the mechanics for this year’s Pamana is patterned with the current situation of the country.

Acceptance of submissions is from October 1, 2021 until  November 7, 2021.

Announcement of the grand winner will be held during the Kessler’s® Main Event on November 30, 2021, when the Kessler’s® Grand Year-End Raffle will also be held simultaneously.

GENERAL MECHANICS

1. The contest is open to all Filipino residents of National Capital Region (NCR) and CALABARZON (IV-A) region, Male and Female who are 18 years old and above, food enthusiasts, and micro-entrepreneurs in the food industry with no professional culinary experience.

No professional culinary experience refers to the ff:

1. • Has NO experience as a chef or assistant chef in a restaurant or any food establishment.
   • Has NEVER conducted any type of demos whether for baking or cooking.
   • NO consultancy experience.
   • NO previous or current work experience involving food such as cooking instructor, R&D, QA, QC, Nutritionist, and other profession that falls on the same category.
2. If at any point of the competition it was proven that the participant has the opposite of the above-mentioned criteria, automatic disqualification of the participant will be implemented.
3. The contest will commence on October 1, 2021 until November 30, 2021.
4. The competition will be announced on the Kessler’s® Official Facebook Page.
5. Submitted recipes can be for baked goods, beverages, or savory as long as the recipes use Kessler’s® Alkalized Cocoa Powder as the main ingredient.
   *New for this year: Have a chance to win special prizes from our partners when you use other qualified secondary ingredient/s. Please see Special Prizes in the Specific Guidelines below.
6. Participants must only use Filipino or English when writing their submissions.
7. To qualify, the participants must like the Facebook Page and Follow the Instagram account of Kessler’s® and send an official entry form: https://bit.ly/Pamana2021EntryForm.
8. Qualified participants who cannot be reached by the Organizing Committee (OC) through call, text message, or email before the announcement of the finalists will be deemed disqualified from the competition.
9. Previous Pamana finalists are not qualified to join this year’s competition.
10. There will be one grand winner, a 1st Runner-Up, and a 2nd Runner-up.

PRIZES

Grand Winner

1. P8,000 Cash Prize
2. Tecnogas TFG5530CVMB Cooking Range w/ Oven
3. Queen of Hearts Cake Stand Set from Gourdo’s
4. Masflex 3-piece Black Marble Cookware
5. 11kg Solane Complete Set + 4 11kg Solane Refill GCs
6. Lacor Instant Food Smoker + Wood Pellets from All About Baking
7. 5KG Sagay Muscovado Sugar
8. 5KG Anchor Cream Cheese
9. McCormick Liquid Flavors
10. Kessler’s® Products Basket
11. Thai Kitchen Coconut Cream
12. Kessler’s® Pamana 2021 limited edition apron and tote bag
13. Solane Merch

1^st Runner Up

1. P5,000 Cash Prize
2. Queen of Hearts Cake Stand Set from Gourdo’s
3. Masflex 20cm Induction Saucepan with 2 sides Spout & Glass Lid
4. 11kg Solane Complete Set + 3 11kg Solane Refill GCs
5. Lacor Instant Food Smoker + Wood Pellets from All About Baking
6. 5KG Sagay Muscovado Sugar
7. 5KG Anchor Cream Cheese
8. McCormick Liquid Flavors
9. Kessler’s® Products Basket
10. Thai Kitchen Coconut Cream
11. Kessler’s® Pamana 2021 limited edition apron and tote bag
12. Solane Merch

2^nd Runner Up

1. P3,000 Cash Prize
2. Queen of Hearts Cake Stand Set from Gourdo’s
3. Masflex 24L Rectangle Glass Bakeware w/ Bamboo Lid
4. 11kg Solane Complete Set + 1 11kg Solane Refill GCs
5. Lacor Instant Food Smoker + Wood Pellets from All About Baking
6. 5KG Sagay Muscovado Sugar
7. 5KG Anchor Cream Cheese
8. McCormick Liquid Flavors
9. Kessler’s® Products Basket
10. Thai Kitchen Coconut Cream
11. Kessler’s® Pamana 2021 limited edition apron and tote bag
12. Solane Merch

SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

First Round

1. All interested participants who will fill out the official entry form will be asked for the following:
   • Inspiring story of their favorite cooking recipe in 400 words or less.
   • Recipe with Kessler’s® Alkalized Cocoa Powder as the main ingredient.
   • Any proof of residency with the participant’s complete name and home address, such as any of the following: Government ID w/ Address, Barangay Certification, or copy of utility bill.
2. Each participant should submit one (1) entry only. In case of multiple entries for one participant, the OC will consider the last submission as the official entry of that participant.
3. Online official entries will only be acknowledged through the official entry form. Submission through other channels (email, Facebook, IG, etc.) is not allowed.
4. Timeline of submissions is from October 1, 2021 – November 7, 2021.
5. The OC will screen the entries and choose the best three (3).
6. Top 3 will be notified via phone call and/or email. Qualified participants will also be announced on our official FB page on November 12, 2021.

Criteria for Judging

Special Prize

1. This part is NOT REQUIRED to send a valid entry.
2. Recipe may have any of the following ingredients as secondary ingredient/s on top of the Kessler’s® Alkalized Cocoa Powder as the main ingredient:
   • Sagay Muscovado Sugar
   • Anchor Cream Cheese
   • Kessler’s® Pure Cornstarch
   • Kessler’s® Skimmed Milk Powder
3. Entries with any of the following secondary ingredient mentioned above will have a chance to win special prizes from Kessler’s®, Sagay, and Anchor during the Main Event on November 30, 2021.

Second Round

1. The top 3 participants will also be required to submit the actual finished dish based on their submitted recipe.
2. Finished dish for judging/tasting must be sent to the following addresses on November 15, 2021 until 10AM only:

• NCR Entries – To be announced
• CALABARZON Entries – HAMBURG Trading Corp Bldg., Lot 1 & 2, Block 2, Meridian Industrial Complex, Brgy. Macabling, Sta. Rosa 4026, Laguna

3. Participants must observe proper cooking etiquette while preparing their dish. Precautions such as wearing of hair nets, apron, and masks among others to assure food sanitation. Containers and packaging must be well sanitized as well for the safety of the judges.
4. Photos of the Top 3 recipes will be posted in the Kessler’s® Official Facebook Page on November 17, 2021 for public voting through photo reactions.
5. Deadline of Photo reactions will be on November 28, 2021. *Note: Buying of Facebook reactions is strictly prohibited. Entries with proven fake Facebook reactions will be automatically disqualified.
6. The PAMANA judges will score each of the three (3) winners based on the criteria for judging.
7. Announcement of winners will be held on November 30, 2021 via Kessler’s® Official Facebook Page. Series of games and raffles will also take place during the live stream.

Criteria for Judging

OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM

Deadline for the submission of entries is on November 7, 2021. Changes with the deadlines will be announced accordingly on the Kessler’s® official Facebook page.

You may also click this to open the entry form in a new tab: https://bit.ly/Pamana2021EntryForm

OUR SPONSORS

Co-Presenters

Major Sponsors

LIABILITY AND CLAIMS

By participating in PAMANA 2021, each participant must agree to these Terms and Conditions:

Each participant agrees to grant the organizer to use any and all photos, recipes and other materials uploaded by the user for any purpose at any time without compensation or the need for further approval.

• PAMANA 2021 organizers reserve the right to determine the suitability of the entries and to disqualify any entries determined to be incomplete or ineligible.
• PAMANA 2021 organizers shall be free of any claims with respect to the photos, recipes, and content submitted by the participant.
• PAMANA 2021 organizers shall not be responsible for any loss, injury or any other liability arising out of the competition.

Organizers shall not be liable for any loss or damage due to Act of God, central and State governmental actions and shall not be liable to pay any amount of compensation for such loss.

For inquiries, kindly contact 09176321034 / 09176232451 / (02) 8 876 8390 to 98 loc. 126