Over 300 canteen owners and food vendors at the weekend participated in food business education workshop and roadshows, organised by Nestle Professionals, Nestlé Nigeria’s Out of Home business arm.
Nestle Professionals has been at the forefront of supporting food vendors and caterers, who help to meet the daily nutritional needs of busy urban communities.
Nestlé Professional’s food and product education workshop was held for the first time with over 200 canteens and food vendors in Ibadan, Oyo State in August, to equip food vendors and caterers with the knowledge needed to optimise their food business, using MAGGI powders.
The Business of Food roadshow to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was held in collaboration with Association of Caterers and Food Vendors (ACFV).
Participants at the workshop received tips on how to grow their food service businesses.
The caterers and food vendors were shown how to cook tasty meals that would delight customers, as experts shared knowledge and techniques for managing the complexities of food systems.
Speaking at the event, the Manager, Nestle Professionals Nigeria, Funmi Osineye, said: “Port Harcourt women are amazing. We are super excited to be here.
“The food workshop is an initiative we developed in response to the need to provide the support micro, small and medium scale food vendors need to scale their businesses.
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“We are also conscious of our responsibility as the Good Food Good Life Company, to contribute towards increasing knowledge of the role food plays in improving nutrition, health and wellness. We have brought these two objectives together in the business of food, which we are hosting in Port Harcourt today.
“Our customers and other stakeholders can count on us to consolidate this partnership with caterers and food vendors, to ensure better service in the industry.”
A member of the Association of Caterers and Food Vendors and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oromski Kitchen, Chef Oroma, said such workshop would help create employment for jobless youths.
Oroma said: “We have been looking for a platform like this for a long time and are excited that Nestlé Professional Business of Food has come to Port Harcourt today.
“We will like this workshop to continue so we can encourage and train upcoming chefs from the rural areas. This will help us create more employment to take our youths off the streets.”
The workshop combined knowledge sharing with a lot of fun, engaging activities to make it memorable for the participants.
It kicked off with a masterclass, followed by a cooking demo where Chef Lilian demonstrated how to prepare native jollof rice.
The event featured cooking competition, which was won by Team Yellow.