The third Umami culinary challenge
MANILA, Philippines - The Ajinomoto 3rd Umami Culinary Challenge Battle for the Umami Bowl was held recently at SMX in SM. Miriam College bagged the Umami Bowl Award for garnering the highest average score in major competition categories including the Umami feature-writing contest and the Dr. Ikeda Award. In photo are the Umami Bowl Winner Miriam College with presenters Ajinomoto director Takashi Sakurai, Ajinomoto president Taro Fujie, 3rd UCC head chef Russell Bautista, 3rd UCC competition director Nancy Reyes-Lumen, and judge and cooking demonstrator chef Rosebud Benitez.