{"id":662960,"date":"2024-11-19T00:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T04:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=662960"},"modified":"2024-11-19T13:51:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:51:05","slug":"ust-yummy-aid-2024-culinary-fest-garners-huge-success-sale-proceeds-of-rs-4-7-lakhs-will-go-for-charity-causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/662960\/","title":{"rendered":"UST Yummy Aid 2024 Culinary Fest Garners Huge Success; Sale Proceeds of Rs 4.7 Lakhs Will Go for Charity Causes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_662961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662961\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662961 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Best-signature-dish-Sicky-mango-quinoa-from-Veshappu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best signature dish &#8211; Sicky mango quinoa from Veshappu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Thiruvananthapuram, 19 November 2024:<\/strong> A wide range of delicacies took centre stage as enthusiastic employees at the UST Thiruvananthapuram campus came together yet again, for this year\u2019s edition of Yummy Aid, the annual culinary festival-cum-fund raising event, on November 18, Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The 11<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the annual fundraising event was organised at the UST Thiruvananthapuram Campus by NowU (Network of Women USsociates) an internal volunteer organization that facilitates the development and executive mentoring of the company\u2019s women employees.<\/p>\n<p>Yummy Aid 2024 went on to be a grand success with the wholehearted participation of employees at the campus, who brought home-cooked food and put them on display and sale. The event saw participation of 27 teams, and over 6000 USsociates visiting the stalls. The funds, over four lakhs and seventy thousand rupees (Rs 4.7 Lakhs), collected through the sale of the food will be utilised for uplifting women and children facing socio-economic challenges.Apart from this, NowU will be collaborating with UST\u2019s <strong>Color Rose Team <\/strong>to support various other social causes with their upcoming activities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_662962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662962\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662962 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UST-Yummy-Aid-Best-stall-Goa-a-Mesa-and-wellness-challenge-winners-Wellness-warriors-Telco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UST Yummy Aid Best stall &#8211; Goa a Mesa and wellness challenge winners-Wellness warriors Telco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The food set on display and sale was judged by a panel of guests, <strong>Chef Suresh<\/strong> from O by Tamara; <strong>Sukil Ram,<\/strong> Chef of Poomaram Kitchen; and <strong>Gouri<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Krishna<\/strong>, Senior Nutritionist &amp; Health Coach, who announced the winners.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_662963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662963\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UST-Yummy-Aid-Stall-Swad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UST Yummy Aid Stall Swad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The winning teams are:<br \/>\nBest healthy dish &#8211; Black rice kanji and ettangadi combo from <strong><em>Swad<\/em>.<\/strong><br \/>\nBest signature dish &#8211; Sticky mango quinoa from <strong><em>Veshappu<\/em>.<\/strong><br \/>\nBest stall &#8211; <strong><em>Goa a Mesa.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nTeam <em>Wellness WarriorsTelco<\/em>emerged as champions and <em>IS Warriors<\/em> as runners-up for the <em>Wellness Warriors<\/em>challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a day of mouth-watering dishes, fierce competition and heart-warming charity, as Yummy Aid 2024 turned out to be a grand success. The spirit displayed by participants and the home-made dishes they had set up for sale, were outstanding. I\u2019m happy that Yummy Aid, which is into its 11<sup>th<\/sup> year, carries the same amount of enthusiasm as it had during the inaugural year,\u201d said<strong>SumeethaMadhaviamma<\/strong><strong>, UST NowU Thiruvananthapuram Lead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s (2023)Yummy Aid proceeds, amounting to Rs 4,10,000, were donated to the PediatricNephrocare ICU at SAT Hospital.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_662964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662964\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662964 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UST-Yummy-Aid-Stall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UST Yummy Aid Stall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_662965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662965\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UST-Yummy-Aid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UST Yummy Aid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_662966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662966\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662966 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Yummy-Aid-judging-panel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yummy Aid judging panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thiruvananthapuram, 19 November 2024: A wide range of delicacies took centre stage as enthusiastic employees at the UST Thiruvananthapuram campus came together yet again, for this year\u2019s edition of Yummy Aid, the annual culinary festival-cum-fund raising event, on November 18, Monday. The 11th edition of the annual fundraising event was organised at the UST Thiruvananthapuram Campus by NowU (Network of Women USsociates) an internal volunteer organization that facilitates the development and executive mentoring of the company\u2019s women employees. Yummy Aid 2024 went on to be a grand success with the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":662961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662968,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662960\/revisions\/662968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}