Mercato Centrale Debuts in Acacia Estates to cater to Taguig Residents

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Mercato Centrale, renowned for curating exceptional food markets and offering a diverse range of gourmet foods, made its debut at Acacia Estates in Taguig City on September 29, 2023.

Among the highlights of the launch event was a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, symbolizing the official opening of Mercato Centrale at Acacia Estates. Along with the variations of food, the event featured prominent social media influencers, food bloggers, and tastemakers who shared their impressions and highlights of the event.

RJ Ledesma and Vanessa Ledesma, Founder and President of Mercato Centrale, along with DMCI and Globe Hapag, came together at Acacia Estates to offer visitors and Taguig residents a diverse selection of culinary delights.

The food and lifestyle market features 25 food booths, offering diverse cuisines including Indian, Korean, FIlipino, Pakistani, American, Japanese, Spanish & Halal. The participating merchants and vendors comprised of Mango Hooray, Krispylet, Tauros Smoking Balls, La Luna Cafe , Birria By Mala, Binhi, Kpop Asean Food , Cocina Berenguer, Heaven Shake, Taste Of India, Shawarma Twin, Juice Factory, Gg Go Toast, El  Angelicious, It's A Wrap, K Chase, Above Sea Level, Takoyakeats, Ramenaki, City Of Drinks, Lyns Bibingka, Kuya Mark's BBQ, Mamays Ihaw, Fork On The Road , Masala House

Mercato Centrale at Acacia Estates invites all foodies, culinary enthusiasts, and everyone in between to a scrumptious experience at Acacia Estates. It operates from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. every Thursday to Sunday. This is located beside the town center at Acacia Estates, Taguig City.

 

Mercato Centrale‘s Chill And Grill is back to Paseo De Roxas with Tastemakers #TaraMercatoTayo

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Summer has finally arrived and Mercato Centrale is back for another month at Paseo De Roxas with the 2nd leg of Tastemakers.

The partnership between Mercato Centrale, Make-It-Makati and Imaginarium Creatives promises to bring Tastemakers up a level.

The Tastemakers event will be serving and showing its unique lineup of food merchants along Paseo De Roxas St. by the Ayala Triangle Gardens, respectively, closing the street to traffic on April 15-16, 2023 from 5:30PM to 12AM free admission. A short drive of Ayala Avenue, and Makati Avenue is where to find the venue.

Come and see food market giants cater to all your food cravings, best enjoyed with an ice-cold beer from Heineken while you gaze your eyes upon the vintage car selections from Vintage Cars Philippines.

El Chupacabra Salmon HQ

The Makati Street Meet will be held every month, Saturday to Sunday of every 1st Payday weekend. A few of their vendor partners to look out for, ranging from frozen cheesecakes, gourmet ulam, artisan coffee and sandwiches, cajun prawns and takoyaki are: Crave It, Tuna Town, Takoichi, Prawnstar PH, Karabella, El Chupacabra, Salmon HQ etc.

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ABOUT MERCATO CENTRALE

Mercato Centrale is a destination lifestyle food market that delivers a wide variety of great and unique tasting food, organic, pastry, and beverage products that are one-of-a-kind.

It was inspired by the vibrant food markets of Mercato Centrale in Italy, Boroughs market in London as well as the hawker-type market in the bustling night markets of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand.

They incubated many great food concepts that have successfully 'graduated' from the market and have grown and became successful themselves, including Manang's Chicken, Mamalou's, Shawarma Bros, Brasas, Bawai's, Merry Moo, Sunrise Buckets, Tokyo Tempura and many more.

It was also the only food market in the Philippines mentioned in the World Atlas of Street Food published in 2017.

All of the vendors in their markets undergo a rigorous vetting process by participating in a 'Taste Test' regularly.

Moreover, Mercato Centrale together with the industry's top players has already developed a Restaurant Business Network— a network of strategic partners (mentorship, product development, food and equipment suppliers, HR, business permits, micro-financing and financial literacy, accounting and taxation, payment gateways, brand management, digital marketing, packaging and design, food safety and hygiene) that help food startup businesses become sustainable, successful and scalable.

Website: https://favorites.mercatocentrale.ph/

LBC Powers SMEs with Innovative Business Solutions

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Mercato Centrale wins SME of the Year at the 10thAsia CEO Awards

The Philippine entrepreneurial scene is growing, with many business-minded individuals seeking to sell their products and services through online tools or by participating in high touch-point events to reach a wider market. With its bigger portfolio of services, LBC is reaching out to the proprietors of these Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), powered by its innovative business solutions and its legacy of reliability within its nationwide network of services.

LBC has always been a partner for the Filipino enterprise, providing them scalable tools such as COP/COD, Warehousing, and other logistics solutions that are custom-fit for their needs as they grow their business and achieve their dreams. 

Since the company has always been about moving passions and businesses forward, it continuously seeks to promote excellence among the country’s SMEs. LBC Express recently sponsored the SME Company of the Year category of the Asia CEO Awards, which is open to any profit-making independent company employing between 10 to 500 employees that have achieved important success. 

This year, Mercato Centrale was chosen as the Asia CEO Awards SME Company of the Year from among other nominees that included Ask Lex PH Academy, BoteCentral, Go Virtual Assistants, Innoveterra Properties, Sante Barley, and Sprout Solutions. 

RJ Ledesma, Mercato Centrale co-founder says that they are honored with the recognition of their mission to help grow the Philippine food scene and empower more Filipino food entrepreneurs. The company has had to pivot within its nine years, to reach a higher goal, he shares. More than a food market, it has grown to become an incubator for food businesses. They have since started to engineer an ecosystem designed to help small food entrepreneurs grow their business with assistance in the more technical aspects such as microfinance, marketing, or logistics and e-commerce. “We are happy to grow with them through partners such as LBC that have personalized solutions for small vendors, and these are logistics solutions that are ideal for this scale.” 

Mercato Centrale, Ledesma says, is a business model that helps other businesses grow. “We hope that with this award, we can have more vendors come on board, so we can help more people to grow their business ideas and become the next big success story.” Their next big step is to set up food halls in malls and mixed-use properties as their way of offering more food businesses a place to sell their products. 

LBC’s Chief Marketing Officer, Javier C. Mantecon says that being a part of the Asia CEO Awards, through its SME Company of the Year is a way for the company to reach and inspire more Filipino entrepreneurs. The goal is to partner with them through the reliable and scalable services of the logistics company. 

“Our participation for this annual event is one of the many ways to stay in touch with entrepreneurs inside and outside of our country, no matter how big or small they are,” adds LBC’s President, Miguel Angel A. Camahort. “We would like to congratulate all of the winners and the nominees for this event. We believe that everyone who was part of the 10th Asia CEO Awards is moving the Philippine economy forward.”

With a growing network of over 6,400 locations, partners, and agents in over 30 countries, LBC is committed to moving lives, businesses, and communities and delivering smiles around the world, and it has expanded, digitized, and scaled its services to support SMEs, as a partner that is present at every step of the way.

For those who are interested to become food entrepreneurs and be part of Mercato Centrale, send a private message at https://www.facebook.com/mercatocentrale

Food trip this Independence Day Weekend! Mercato Centrale and Glorieta presents the BELLYSIMA ! Food Festival 2015

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Enjoy food trip this Independence Day Weekend!

From the organizers of the popular night food market Mercato Centrale comes the BELLYSIMA! Food Festival 2015. It is a launch pad for passionate up-and-coming food entrepreneurs to share their artisanal food creations alongside healthy and organic food products with equally passionate food enthusiasts!

From flavored flans to artisan sausages to edible cookie dough to carabao chicharon to twisted gelato flavors to chili-flavored coffee syrups to organic detox juices to chocolate-flavored surprises! And that’s just the tip of the taste buds.

Set your tummies free this June 12 and 13 at the Glorietta 5 Atrium and be one of the lucky 500 participants to taste and evaluate some of the most exciting gourmet, healthy, artisan and organic food creations from over 30 local vendors.

Bring the whole family to enjoy heirloom recipes, regional delicacies, innovative pastries and desserts, experimental dishes, organic and all-natural healthy food alternatives, and more! Note: Remember to wear adjustable waistbands because you’re going on a revolutionary food trip!

Here is a list of the participants to look out for:

BACH’S BANGUS DAGUPAN

Frozen bangus, daing na bangus, rellenong bangus

BLUSH PASTRIES

Cheesecake, Oreo cookies, flavored cupcakes

BRAVO DELI

Baked products

CHOCO LOCCO

Chocolates, cacao, tablea

COCOA MONSTERS

Chocolate and cocoa-related products, including chocolate-coated dried mangoes

COOKIE STICKS

Cookies in stick form

DELICANE

Fresh sugarcane juices

FRIGGIES

Healthy fruits and vegetable juices

GAVIENS NATIVE CAKES

Traditional Filipino rice cakes

GOOD FOOD

Handcrafted items and organic produce

GORBY BALLS

Graham balls

HEALTHY MONSTERS PH

Salad in a jar

HEALTHY SHOTS MANILA

Detox and cleansing juices

HOMEGROWN ORGANICS

Fresh vegetables, organic kale pesto, atchara

IRRI – PHILIPPINE HEIRLOOM RICE

Heirloom rice varieties from the Cordilleras

JACOB’S PRALINE PEANUT BUTTER

Praline peanut butter

KURIKIPU

Hot and iced brewed coffee, pasta, healthy juices, brownies

LOKALITEA

Turmeric tea

LOTUS POD PH

Fresh vegetables

MADE BY MAX

Nut butter spreads

MILETTE KAKANIN

Various homemade traditional Filipino rice cakes and other delicacies

MILEA BEE FARM

Organic honey and other honey-based products

MILKMAN DAIRY BAR

Edible cookie dough and cereal milk

MIO GELATI

Fresh and authentic Italian ice cream

MR. MONTY

Tofu with veggies siomai and various special sauces like chili and chili garlic in coconut oil

PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY

Imported goodies

PIPER’S PAN

Mini cakes

PURE ENERGY

Kalabasa and beet delicacies, beet healthy drinks

PURPLE BUDS

Red velvet crinkles and other baked products

REYSONS FOOD

Dolci bottled coffee jelly

RITZY PINK SHOPPE

Baked chicken embutido, banana cupcakes and oatmeal cookies

SALATA PH

Salad dressings and sauces, healthy snacks

TOUCH OF ELLEHCAR

Cupcakes

TREATS OF TRIX

Cheesecakes in a jar

WISE EATS FOODS

Artisan sausages, chorizos, vegetable preserves, salad dressings, etc.

The BELLYSIMA! Food Festival is brought to you by Mercato Centrale in partnership with Glorietta and is co-presented by OurAwesomePlanet.com and Ayala Malls, together with our media partners The Philippine Star, Entrepreneur Magazine, Yummy Magazine, GoNegosyo, WhenInManila.com, Solar Entertainment, 103.5 KLite and Globe My Business.

For more information, contact us through any of the following:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/mercatocentrale 

Email: admin@mercatocentrale.ph 

Contact: 0917-8401152

A Filipino Feast for all senses to be held by at Mercato Centrale

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This September 7, everyone is up for an overwhelming festival held by FOOD magazine to celebrate the unique culinary culture of the Philippines in “The Best of Filipino Food Fair”, featuring the “Adobo Cook-off” at Mercato Centrale, Bonifacio Global City.

This year, FOOD magazine will be gathering families around to present a collection of the best of the best selections that the country has to offer. FOOD Magazines’ experts have personally hand-picked the best in casual Filipino cuisine—and in the local tradition of sharing, these dishes will be presented to the public in a highly-curated, one-stop food fiesta of the most delectable delights.

Booths of the finest in Filipino food will be set up to deliver a wide range of flavors for everyone—including food samples!

Aside from all that, FOOD’s “Adobo Cook-off” will be taking place—a live exhibition of a battle among both amateurs and professionals to produce one of the Philippines’ most recognizable and beloved signature dishes.

To up local flavor, FOOD will also be bringing in performances by Ukulele Manila, making “The Best of Filipino Food Fair” a treat for all the senses.

Don’t miss out on FOOD magazine’s “The Best of Filipino Food Fair”, featuring the “Adobo Cook-off” as it happens on September 7 at Mercato Centrale, Bonifacio Global City.

FOOD magazine, the largest-selling culinary magazine in the country, is published by ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc. and is available at all major bookstores and newsstands nationwide.