Leading culinary brand, Onga has launched the 2021 Edition of Ghana’s Premier cooking reality show Ongalicious Ghana Cooks.
The launch took place at the Fiesta Royale Hotel in the presence of the media, representatives from the National Commission on Culture, past winners of the show, traditional leaders, among others.
Speaking at the launch under the theme “Developing Ghanaian Food Entrepreneurs Through Innovation and Culture”, Commercial Director for Promasidor Ghana (Producers of Onga), Samir Sadaoui, said the brand Onga is looking to promote the food culture in the country as well as identify culinary talents who can be nurtured to become Industry Chefs, Food Critics, Restaurateurs to name a few.
“The show is driven with a primary objective of empowering aspiring chefs as well as promoting indigenous and modern Ghanaian cuisine to Ghanaians and the world at large. It is, therefore, not surprising that we chose the theme “Developing Ghanaian Food Entrepreneurs Through Innovation & Culture” as the core message for this honourable gathering.
"The Food business is a multibillion-dollar industry and has great career opportunities that can be tapped into. Identifying great culinary talents through this initiative and grooming them to become great industry leaders, such as I believe this will create jobs and add value to the Ghanaian economy,” he said.
Addressing the gathering on behalf of the Executive Director of the National Commission on Culture, Harriet Boateng expressed her delight about the show.
She called for more of such competition to enable the promotion of food tourism in the country.
The NCC boss further encouraged the families who will take part in the competition to put in their best in exhibiting their culinary skills as they showcase the country's food culture.
This year’s edition of the competition will mark the 4th season of the show and is dubbed the “Family Battle Edition”.
The show will feature 12 families as they battle it out for an ultimate prize from a mouthwatering prize pool of ¢100,000.
The show is opened to the general public, further details and instructions can be found on the Onga social media pages on the handle @OngaGhana.
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