Nestlé Professional –Improving Food Businessin Nigeria

Nestlé Professional –Improving Food Businessin Nigeria 

In the hierarchy of human needs, food is high on the scale of priorities. The 

business of food is therefore,a very important sectorof the economy, with many providers serving those with limited disposable income. It goes without saying 

that affordability is a major decision factor for consumers. 

The caterers, food vendors, canteens and ‘bukkas’ who serve this segment, do 

not always get the support they need to provide nutritious, healthy and 

affordable meals to their ‘customers’ . 'Nestlé Nigeria’s Out of Home business 

arm, Nestlé Professional Business, recently collaborated withthe Association of Caterers and Food Vendors in Ibadan, Oyo State to deliver a food education 

workshop for over 200 canteen and food vendors. 

The engagement themed -The Business of Food -was organized to educatethe 

participantsand provide tips on how to grow their food service business. They 

Outstanding cooks were celebrated and rewardedwith relevant tools and 

were also shown how to cook tasty meals that will delight their customers. 

MAGGI products to cook Nigeria’s favorite dishes.

Speaking at the event, Mrs. Funmi Osineye,Manager, Nestlé Professional

Vendorsprovides the opportunity for Nestlé to share her expertise in Nutrition, 

Health and Wellness developed over 150 years with members of the association 

Nigeria,said, “The collaboration with the Association of Caterers and Food 

here today, and going forward. 

We are also delighted to use this occasion to introduce the new,affordable and 

pocket friendly Maggi 100g powder in Chicken and Star Seasoning variantsfor 

partnershipwith caterers and food vendors to offerbetter services to the 

small food business owners. Nestlé Professional will continue to build this 

industry.”

The Business of Foodevent kicked offwith aCooking Masterclass,where 

experts shared knowledge and techniques formanagingthe complexitiesof food 

systems. Topics included‘food-preneur,’food styling and food plating.

Following the Masterclass,wasthe Cooking Demo,where celebrity chef Shine

demonstratedthe preparation of avegetable soup mixt of MAGGI Chicken and Star Seasoning powders. 

Chef Shine also educated caterers on meal tasting and gave a step-by-step 

guide on how to cook affordable nutritious meals with a consistent taste for their 

customers.

Then camethe Cooking Competition! Caterers were divided intotwogroups. 

Each group chose three representatives forthe competition. Participants were 

instructed to cooka ‘banging’party jollof with the available ingredients and 

seasoning. 

The meals presented by each group were judged based on tasty meal, meal 

presentation and plating.

Nestlé Professional’s food and product education workshop was packaged to 

food business while using MAGGI powderseffectively.The event combined 

knowledge sharing with a lot of fun and engaging activities to make it 

equipfood vendors and caterers with theknowledge needed to optimisetheir 

memorable for the participants.