GCTU top GBC ladies’ cooking competition

The ladies union of the Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) emerged winners of the Ghana Broadcasting (GBC) Ladies Association inter-sister’s competition on Thursday.

For their prize, they took home a trophy, rice cooker, assorted products from Promasidor and a certificate of honour.

They beat eight other sister associations and  were rewarded for their innovation when they prepared meals with local foodstuffs and products from Promasidor.

The  ladies  from   GCTU   prepared ‘kontompo’ soup, palava sauce  with potatoes, mushroom, chicken and snails vegetables as their main meal and for dessert they made  ceraveechoco pudding, cerevita  cowbell choco and cocobell strawberry.

Ghana  Water Company Limited emerged second  and took home  a blender,  assorted products from  Promasidor and  a certificate of participation while COCOBOD  placed  third   and received  brand bowls and assorted products  as well as  a certificate of participation.

Other competing sister associations were Legon Ladies Club (LELAC), Volta River Authority, Ghana Atomic Energy, New Times Corporation and Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG).

The Director-General of  GBC,  Prof. Amin  Alhassan  said  there  were plans to  institutionalize  the  event quarterly.

He said “I am happy GBC is the brainchild of this competition and I hope it will become an annual event.”

The president of the GBC Ladies  Association, Miss Gloria   Laryea  said,  the health of a  human being was important,  adding that the  Ghanaian was  blessed to  have a cocktail of  food  that boosts the body’s immunity.

She said  the event was aimed at promoting crops produced in the country  and to encourage Ghanaians to eat  local foods.

“When we eat what we grow, we become healthy as well as it helps promote what we have,” she added.