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Competition

Secret Recipe Barista MONIN Cup Professional

Challenge 2016 Malaysia 2016

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Fuze Club, Kuala Lumpur

The 2nd inaugural Secret Recipe Barista Challenege The MONIN Cup Professional Malaysia 2016 has re-
2016 took place at the Aeon Cheras Selatan outlet recently from cently taken place at Fuze Club, Kuala Lumpur that witness some
the 1st to 3rd August 2016. The competition saw 15 internal Se- of the best bartenders across Malaysia competing it out to take
cret Recipe baristas from across Malaysia participating to become its rightful place to represent Malaysia in the MONIN Cup Asia-
the 2016 Secret Recipe Barista Champion. Pacific before representing the region in the world finals in Paris,
France this coming December.

MONIN Asia KL organized the event in partnership with
the Horeca School of Excellence (HSE). The main aim of the MO-
NIN Cup is to nurture the spirit of young talents in the industry
to become the next generation of bartenders as well as showcase
professional bartending skills and ultimately, the creativity in
constructing innovative beverages using MONIN’s wide range of
products.

Shortlisted participants from across their 300 outlets
in Malaysia were nothing short but excited to stand a chance on
winning the attractive prizes sponsored by Dankoff Coffee Spe-
cialist as well as Red Lobster Malaysia. The prizes included up to The contestants were assessed on originality, creativity,
RM5000 in cash up for grabs as well as gift certificates from Red appearance and flavor by a group of professional panel of judges
Lobster Malaysia. and Dana Paramita Demitria, who won second place in the last
MONIN Cup Student edition took home the championship with
The first two days began with preliminary rounds and her concoction, “Demi Cinta Laksa” which was a rendition of a
the competition concluded with Mohd Afiq Azhad taking home local favourite dish, Assam Laksa. Loo Hong Xiang from Wake
the championship, and Mohammad Riesyafiq taking home the Me Up Café placed second and Carson Ng from Sheraton Imperial
Best Signature Drink prize. Hotel placed third in the championship.
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