Celcom Cupcake Challenge 2012

I went to the Celcom Cupcake Challenge 2012 Finale. 55 Finalist who got the most "Likes" on their entries on Facebook (Celcom selected 55 because Malaysia celebrated our 55th year of independence.) had to redecorate the cupcake according to the design that they have posted up on the Celcom Cupcake Challenge 2012 Facebook Page.

Here's what happened last Saturday (29th September 2012) at Publika:

Let the baking begin!

Oh wait.. before we start...

 Have some cupcakes for free.. 

 There was also a Cupcake Show booth where any passers by can have a go at decorating a cupcake...

Like these two sweet little girls..

Back to business..
After a short briefing by the Master of Ceremony, the 55 finalist went to their respective stations and got ready for the competition..

Hands up if you are ready!!!

And GO!!!! 

The finalists were given an hour to redecorate the cupcake and thereafter, 3 judges were invited to judge all of their cupcakes accordingly.

The judges: Chef Sherson Lian, Chef Rose Weiss and Chef Dato' Fazley Yaakob (Right to Left in the photo above) making their rounds, giving points to each decoration.

After the judging, there was a performance by Chef Dato' Fazley Yaakob (who is also a Malaysian artiste and motivational speaker) and a couple of games on stage for those who came to support this event.

Then came the announcement of the Top 10 finalist. Thereafter, prizes were given to all the 55 finalists. Each of them received an LG Prada mobile phone.

Then it came down to the last three participants... *JENG JENG JENG*

And the 2nd Runner Up goes to... *DRUM ROLL*

Mac Leong

He won RM 2,000.00 cash and a Samsung Galaxy SIII.

Then the final two contestants were called up (just to get them more nervous).. well, they are guaranteed at least a RM5,000.00. So it's no wonder both of them have big smiles on their faces even before the winner was announced.

Here goes!

THE WINNER GOES TO..... *DRUM ROLL*

Chef Vincent Liew

He won RM 10,000.00 cash and a Samsung Galaxy SIII.

The 1st Runner Up.. who is a very sweet girl I have to say...

Junicee Siong

She won RM 5,000.00 cash and a Samsung Galazy SIII.

The winner proud of his winning prize. 

He deserves it!

Why?

 Can you see how much he went through in the photo below? He was one of the contestants that was sweating throughout the hour. (Publika is freezing cold for me, how can he sweat?) Must have put in loads of effort in decorating his cupcake. KUDOS!

And here's the winning design which Chef Vincent Liew later explained to the judges that he used different colours on purpose and each colour has a meaning to it. The Malaysian map in blue means Celcom is everywhere in Malaysia.

Here are some of the designs that I find interesting..

Everyone walked home happy, all 55 of them walked home with a mobile phone (mobile phones don't drop from the sky you know), must be happy la!

If you are wondering why I didn't participate, I wanted to but somehow it slipped my mind til  I was asked to attend this event as a blogger. LOL!
But I'm hitting myself hard on the head cause I would have walked home with a mobile phone and RM200 voucher! :(

Oh well, there's always next year...I hope. *hint hint*