EATS AN ADVENTURE at Bonifacio Global City

Four Experts. Four Restaurants. One tour.

Bonifacio Global City BGC EATS citywide food tour cooked up by Passionate Minds for passionate Stomachs that showcases the city’s healthy culinary tourism. From the simple to the finest dining outlets, coffee shops and bars, BGC is a haven to a wide range of gastronomical finds and is continuously being recognized for its vibrant local food scene.

This year’s BGC EATS is made even more appetizing as four experts join returning BGC Eats curator, the charming chef-writer JJ Yulo.

Tour 1 on July 26 focuses on the science behind food featuring Artha Ting, biologist and Mind Mover from the Mind Museum.She will explain the science behind all things tasty making both brain and tummy full by the end of the tour.

Artha Ting is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University BS Life Sciences. She previously worked with a company where EVERYONE loves food and the benefits revolve around food, which she didn’t mind at all. She is presently a Mind Mover at The Mind Museum still trying to stuff herself with food. Vows to splurge on food if she becomes a millionaire, Artha is also a die-hard kitty lover and any living thing that is furry and cute

Tour 2 on August 2 focuses on the aesthetics of food featuring tips from food photographer Mylene Chung. Join her as she guides guests to shoot their way into being the envy of Instagram followers. Participants of this tour must bring a camera, phone cameras are okay too.

Mylene Chung is a Co-founder of the food blog, Pepper.ph and the food photographer and prop stylist of PhotoKitchen. She’s worked with companies like Resorts World Manila, Reader’s Digest Asia, Manila Peninsula, Nestle, Uniliver and has been featured in several publications and tv shows. Over the course of her career, she has already gained a whopping 20 pounds, which she has been desperately trying to lose. When she is not busy doing client work, you can catch her on instagram @mylenechung.

Tour 3 on August 9 focuses on beverage pairings featuring Enderun’s assistant dean of hospitality management, Bel Castro. She will share some tricks in how to enhance one’s dining experience and drink your way to a better meal. Participants of this tour must be 18 years old and above to enjoy the full experience.

Bel Castro is the Assistant Dean of Hospitality Management at Enderun Colleges and was educated in wine and spirits in the University of Adelaide and Le Cordon Bleu Australia. She has a deep understanding of science and applies that to her lectures on gastronomy. Bel is also a partner, director and consultant at several restaurants around the metro and in BGC. Her students describe her as intelligent and no non-sense which makes her a person to look out for in school and in the food scene.

Tour 4 on August 16 focuses on Healthy Eats featuring Edgy Veggie café owner Denise Celdran and she will help guests discover delicious and healthy food options.

Denise Celdran started EDGY VEGGY café in 2008 upon realizing that most vegetarians don’t get enough protein, eat too much carbohydrates and sweets and end up gaining weight. Edgy Veggy started off in the Legaspi Sunday market and soon branched out to delivering when customers wanted to eat vegetarian food on a daily basis. She is an agriculturist by profession and owns a natural farm in Nasugbu, Batangas where most of the lettuce, herbs and some of the regular table vegetables come from. Aside from cooking and farming, she also teaches Meditation and Breathing with the Art of Living Foundation and run a Neuro feedback Brain Enhancement Center in Makati. — Denise Celdran started EDGY VEGGY café in 2008 upon realizing that most vegetarians don’t get enough protein, eat too much carbohydrates and sweets and end up gaining weight. Edgy Veggy started off in the Legaspi Sunday market and soon branched out to delivering when customers wanted to eat vegetarian food on a daily basis.
She is an agriculturist by profession and owns a natural farm in Nasugbu, Batangas where most of the lettuce, herbs and some of the regular table vegetables come from.
Aside from cooking and farming, she also teaches Meditation and Breathing with the Art of Living Foundation and run a Neuro feedback Brain Enhancement Center in Makati.

There are various ways of joining BGC EATS 2014:

Shop and Claim – Two (2) Free tickets will be given for every single receipt purchase worth a minimum of P 2,000.00 from retail stores or restaurants from the following establishments: Bonifacio High Street, The Fort Entertainment Center, Crossroads, Bonifacio Stopover, One & Two Parkade, and The Mind Museum. Purchase receipts should be from July 21 to August 16, 2014. Claimants may redeem a maximum of two (2) tickets per day.
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Hello BGCitizen—One (1) free ticket will be given to BGCitizens upon presentation of any proof of residence, employment or enrollment. A maximum of one (1) ticket will be given per person. Interested parties may also purchase tickets 15 minutes before the tour at the meeting point. Tickets are priced at P 1,500.00 each. Slots are subject to availability.

Tickets can be claimed at the Bonifacio High Street Central Concierge inside the C1 building from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily starting July 21 to August 16, 2014. Claimants can choose tour dates at the Bonifacio High Street Central Concierge on July 26, August 2, 9 and 16, 2014. If the tour date selected is full, Claimant may choose the next available tour. Once chosen and ticket is claimed, tour date is final and not subject to change.

Tour starts exactly at 3PM and will last approximately for 2 and half hours to 3 hours. Tours will begin at the Hop on Hop off Bus Stop located on 9th Street between Nike and Bo Concept. No ticket reservations will be entertained over the phone. Tickets must be claimed in person on a first come, first served basis. Tours will start on time. Latecomers will forfeit their tickets. Promo period is from July 21 to August 16, 2014. Employees of Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation and its subsidiaries including relatives up to the 2nd degree of consanguinity or affinity are disqualified from joining the promo.

For more details, please contact Martha Asuncion at [email protected] or 8183601 loc. 3207. Visit us at facebook.com/BonifacioGlobalCityPH or /ArtsAtBGC, for more details.