Dan Cake Dessert Genius 2018 Grand Finale held

The Grand Finale of the “Dan Cake Dessert Genius 2018” was held yesterday at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel where the top 10 contestants participated in the final round for the title of the “Dessert Genius”.

At the end of several interesting and challenging rounds, Mehnaz Rahman emerged as the Champion of this year’s Dan Cake Dessert Genius Contest. Umme Rumana Sharmin became the 1st Runner up and Afrin Shawrna became the 2nd runner up of the contest. The winner of the competition won a trip to Denmark with a partner. The 1st runner up and 2nd runner up won Tk 2 lakh and 1 lakh respectively.

Alpona Habib, Dr Rubin H Farouq, Mahbuba Chowdhury, Film Actor Riaz, The Sous Chef of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Fazle Rabbi, Chef Anzara Sheikh, and culinary expert Afroza Naznin Shumi were the judges of the Grand Finale.

Klaus Eskildsen, Managing Director, Dan Cake A/S Denmark; Mahfuzur Rahman, Chairman, ATN Bangla, Nazim Uddin Ahmed, Chairman Pandughar Ltd & Dan Foods Ltd., Khandker Md Touhiduzzaman, Director Dan Foods Ltd. and Firoz Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer, Dan Foods Limited were present at the occasion along with other senior members of the company.

The competition kicked off on July 13, 2018. More than 500 participants were primarily selected to participate in the regional rounds held in Mymensingh, Bogura, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal, Sylhet, Cumilla, Chattogram and Dhaka. From these regional rounds 32 participants were selected to participate in the studio round held in Dhaka from October 13 to 17. These 32 participants were also given training on food presentation, plating, age based dessert making and personal grooming during this round. The final 10 participants from this round participated in today’s Grand Finale.

At the End of the exhausting contest, the audience and the participants were entertained by the live music performed by “Nowsin & Friends”.

Dan Foods Limited is a joint venture between Dan Cake A/S and Pandughar Limited which started its journey in 2015. Dan Cake has won countless hearts by ensuring quality and tasteful products with their European recipe and international standards. Bringing in new and innovative snack into the market, Dan Cake has continued to be the favorite ready-to-go snack brand for many.