THE LIMERICK FILIPINO COMMUNITY JOINS LIMERICK RIVER FEST 2007
The Limerick Filipino Community (LFC) had recently participated the Limerick City River Fest 2007 with Castletroy Park Hotel sous chef - Ding "Racko" Tornandizo leading his team composed of Lito Flores ( Kitchen Staff - St. Vincent’s Centre ), Manny Lingat ( Production Staff - Dell, Inc. ) and Marilou Enoc as Assist Chef ( Grange House - Crecora ).
The Team breeze through the competition - Irish International BBQ Cook-off with flying colours winning 1st Prize in the Chicken BBQ Category and 2nd Prize in the Vegetarian BBQ Category last Saturday 5 May 2007. The LFC Team were ably supported by KARLA FABIAN, JONES BUCAG, RAQUIEL LINGAT, ERIKA MONASTERIO, TOHNEE PANGILINAN, PAOLO ANTONIO and DANNY MANANSALA.
Overseeing the LFC’s participation were Interim Chairman WILLIAM FABIAN, Secretary JING BAGALACSA, ARNEL DAVID and JOSEFINO JOSE.
With the Saturday’s Team Achievement, LFC was invited to the WORLD CHEF BBQ COOK OFF for Sunday 6 May 2007 as SATURDAY’S CHAMPION. The Team will be competing against 4 other Team selected of our 75 countries that participated in the Saturday Event together with 6 other teams from Dublin. The LFC Team will be the only non-Hotel & Restaurant Entry against the prestigious Hotels and Restaurants in Limerick and Dublin.
The LFC Team of Ding Tornandizo dished out their best menu with a touch of Filipino fine taste and had earned the appreciation of the discerning palates of the big time judges. Though, we didn’t get any major award for the WORLD CHEF BBQ COOK OFF, we gathered, that we fare very well in each category. We almost got 2 categories - LAMB and FISH CATEGORY losing by just .2 pts and .5 pts to the winner garnering 96.2 pts, and 95.5 pts. We are way above all the rest of the team contending averaging 95 pts.
We are all proud of our LFC Team - The Team to Beat! We all say "keep up the good work". Let this be an inspiration to all Filipinos in Limerick and nearby counties - "In Unity, there is Strength and Camaraderie".
PROUD TO BE PINOY ! MABUHAY TAYONG LAHAT
WILLIAM FABIAN
Interim Chairman - LFC
