Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Northern Mindanao Food Fest Bigger Than Ever!

About 5 years ago, Big Bite Food Festival in Northern Mindanao uncovered an exciting food culture in the region. Founded by Centrio Ayala Mall, it has become mall management’s great pride and joy to discover new and innovative food entrepreneurs and enthusiasts comprising an incredibly dynamic local food industry.

The first Big Bite Food Festival was held in Marquee mall in Pampanga, a regional food haven in the North. Further down south in 2014, Mindanao followed suit with Cagayan de Oro’s then brand new Centrio Ayala mall offering itself as venue. Both festivals form part of Ayala mall’s institutionalized support for local food business and concepts.

Big Bite features the obvious massive-sized food items as festival highlight. Past years have revealed the giant halo-halo, the region’s largest maja blanca, enormous ham sliders, a colossal pineapple crumble and an oversized bowl of salad among a host of other interesting savory flavors and dessert delights in gigantic portions. In addition to such titanic highlights, Centrio gives an award to the year’s best food discovery, as judged by the country’s food industry leaders and celebrities.

This year, gracing the festivities is the Philippines’ Idol sa Kusina, Chef Boy Logro. The Chef Master of GMA network is joined by young television host and former VJ, Joyce Pring to oversee stimulating culinary competitions and other cooking events throughout the 4-day fiesta. Celebrity Chef JP Anglo, host of CNN’s Hungry with Chef JP will be the festival’s Special Guest; completing the set are some of the country’s top food bloggers including The Pickiest Eater in the World, Ritchie Zamora.

Big Bite regulars have come to expect fresh food concepts interspersed with all-time favorites from homegrown restaurants in the local food scene. What’s more, they are treated to excellent music featuring the best of local artists, and gastronomic sets in visually exhilarating scenes and instagrammable nooks and crannies which best showcase the epicurean pleasures the festival has to offer.

The Big Bite Northern Mindanao Food Festival runs from Thursday till Sunday, March 14-17, 2019.

For Media Inquiries please get in touch with

Carlitos John T. Felesedario
Marketing Associate
Centrio Mall
Email: felesedario.carlitos@ayalamalls.com.ph

Marie Angela D. Kho
Professional Organizers Unlimited Inc.
Event Managers for Big Bite Food Festival
Email: professionalorganizers@ymail.com

Friday, March 8, 2019

SM CDO Downtown Premier Celebrates Women's Month: Enjoy Exclusive Deals Every Wednesday!

SM mall join the whole world in celebrating Women's month. SM CDO Downtown Premier join this celebration with month-long campaigns and launched #WeAreWomenAtSM on March 8, 2019.

Because all women are inspiring and worth celebrating, SM offers the month of March an exclusive sale every Wednesday for all types of women namely in Fashion, Beauty, Wellness, etc.

What do they Offer for Women's month? 

Cute Vanity pop-up for those who love to take selfies (like what we did below)
Photo grabbed from SM
For the whole month of March, shoppers can randomly take selfies and groufies at this beautiful set-up, celebrating the "kikayness" of a woman. Beside the cutesy pop-ups are items on discounted prices from SM Fashion accessories and SM Beauty.
 
WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY SMAC SALE - Get extra 10% off during all Wednesdays of March from participating departments.

WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY SALE for other tenants: Bench, Guess, Bayo, Giordano, Mags, Treasures by Carla, Noregold, Forme, Diagold, Oro Italia, Bagel Girl and Dickies.

WOMEN'S SPECIALS - Because women are special, SM came up with the offering like discounts and buy 1 take 1 sale from wellness centers to pamper us: CDO Skin Health Experts, Cardinal Eyecare Clinic, Nadela Dental Care, Nailandia, Aurga, Amuma and Eyebrowse.

Apart from the offerings, worthwhile programs are also in place:

March 10 - Regional Finals of Ms. Teen Philippines
March 23 - WE ARE WOMEN TALK SHOW, featuring inspiring women like: Tisha Biruar (muslim Social Media Influencer), Tweetie Bullecer (Fitspirational speaker from Davao), Karen Lluch (former Ms. Cagayan, cancer survivor) and Mags Cue (entrepreneur and philanthropist).