Sunquick mocktail competition a huge success

Sunquick partnered with Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (SLITHM) to conduct the Mocktail competition when the students of the Colombo Hotel School and the provincial schools participated.

The contestants showcased the talents under two categories – Classical Innovative Mocktail and Flaring Mocktail. The uniqueness of the competition was that each and every competitor prepared the Mocktail with Sunquick as the base ingredient.

Describing the project as “a new learning process for Sunquick fans,” C. W. Mackie Executive Director Mangala Perera said the Company was happy to partnered with National Hotel School for project at a time when the tourism industry is enjoying a massive growth resulting from post-war optimism and increase in investor confidence, and tourist arrivals.

“Sunquick is a global brand available in more than 120 countries worldwide, and is continuously, going through diverse learning processes on different applications of the brand. I am sure all the contestants of the Mocktail competition have come up with innovative recipes and multiple applications of the brand,” he added at the Final award ceremony at the National Hotel School Auditorium.

He pointed out that the competition was useful to improve the skills, innovation and sharing ideas amongst students.

The first round of the competition was held at their respective provincial schools in mid-March over two days. In their seven satellite schools, 32 students from each satellite hotel school were chosen and a total of 224 students from all over the island contested. 32 contestants were selected for the Classical Innovative Mocktail semi-final and 16 for the Flaring Mocktail semi-finals held at Colombo Hotel School Auditorium on the 30 March. The finals were held at the Auditorium of the Institute of Tourism and Hotel management.

Food & Beverage (F&B) lecturers Indika Alwis and Kavinda Rankothdiwela conceptualised trained and guided the students on modern trends with the assistance of the F&B Faculty of the Hotel School.

Encouraged by the success of the Mocktail Competition, the company hopes to roll it out on a grandeur scale next year.

SLITHM is the pioneer Institute in Sir Lanka to train young men and women in the hospitality and travel industry. It is managed by Sri Lanka Tourism Board under the Ministry of Economic Development.

There are five provincial schools – in Anuradhapura, Bandarawela, Kandy, Koggala and Ratnapura while the other two are based in Colombo.

Sunquick is a Danish based international brand available in more than 120 countries globally. In Sri Lanka, Scan products Division of C.W Mackie is the local partner for bottling, distribution and marketing the product under original Danish recipe for over 33 years. Sunquick offers high quality world renowned, natural fruit drink to the local consumer and is an ideal product to share with loved ones.

 Scan Products, manages a state-of- the art factory for the bottling of Sunquick fruit squash, and a fully automated with zero human touch in the processing line, maintaining EU standards and SLS certified , accredited with ISO 9001:2008, ISO 22000 : 2005 , HACCP, GMP, and Halal Standards. Sunquick is a reliable and trustworthy brand which gives the consumer the opportunity to experience the same refreshing taste according to the original recipe with high quality. It does not contain any artificial sweeteners, colour or flavours.