Food, Family & Fun: Highlights from Fiesta of Flavours by First Bank, Where Food Is First

“Laughter is brightest where food is best.” – Irish Proverb

Hello my awesome people 😘 It’s been a minute yea? 😉 Today I am going to gist you about the Fiesta of Flavours hosted by First Bank Nigeria and Eventful. Oh it was A M A Z I N G! Don’t you just love it when everyone comes together, family and friends alike with one mantra #FoodIsFirst!

The happy atmosphere at First bank’s #FiestaOfFlavour reminded me of the Irish proverb “Laughter is brightest where food is best.” Oh trust me First Bank brought together some really talented folks for this fiesta. So you can picture how it was ba? The foods were delightfully awesome and the atmosphere scored 100% in the cheerfulness department too.

 

Fiesta of Flavours by First Bank Nigeria

So you remember the Sound of Music ba? ♫♫ Let’s start from the very beginning ♫♫♫

In-coming Chairman of FirstBank Ibukun Awosika

First Bank came together with Eventful to organise a food fair that’s aimed at promoting the food industry in West Africa. The Fiesta of Flavours was tagged with the theme “Food Is First” which highlights the importance of food towards a sustainable economy. First Bank incorporated their legacy of putting customers’ needs first into this event and in the process reminds us all of how Food Is Economy and why #FoodIsFirst. Other sponsors of the #FiestaOfFlavours are Eventful, Oando Gas and Peak Milk.

 

So in a very classy way, First Bank and the co-sponsors put some fun into promoting food and voila we had the Fiesta of Flavours where we experienced amazing Chef battles, Jollof Rice Games, Bouncy castles & cliff climbing for kids, Bursts of Juicy flavours and sooooo much fun!!

 

Let’s see some pictures.. Yay!! 😀

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The Fiesta of Flavour showcased several brainies in the food industry.

We got to see talented chefs like Chef Fregs, Chef Emeka, Chef Tiyan, Chef Rueben, Chef Coco, Chef Alex Okey amongst others!! And wonderful mixologists too.

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Chefs Photo Credit: First Bank Nigeria

It was indeed a really exciting event for me as I got to meet with the ever adorable Iquo Ukoh of 1Qfoodplatter. And I apparently saw my darling Afrolems too but I didn’t know until much later 🙈 *covers face*.. I love you guys! You’re awesome 😘 😘

 

I got my Body Age calculated and according to Iquo’s crew my body age is 18 yippee!! Someone’s healthy yea 😀 There was also a wheel spinning game… I didn’t get the question but learnt something new. And because she’s just sooo much of a darling, 1Qfoodplatter gave me some lovely measuring cups.. Y’all can come over, Christmas cake is on me 😉

First Bank really means business o… It was really a food affair through and through; even the colourfully designed children’s corner has a food-market design out front. Yea, the children have their own fish, meat and other food produce hanging down. Erm… but they’re not edible.

Checkout the cool children’s corner that was designed by Play Barn and pictures of a few other fun stuffs the First Bank made available for kids to do.

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Thanks to this awesome event organized by First Bank and friends, a lot of us were able to discover lots of new quality products in the food industry. This really gave me a burst of pride to see my fellow naija pipo making juices (e.g. Nuli {the Nuli juice company}, Boomsky Smoothies, OhSoNutrition amongst others) and awesome ingredients from the scratch (H.H.F. {Happy Healthy Food}etc.).

Some of these folks are just really creative with their choice of name. One I can remember clearly is WaraCake {Yoruba phrase for “come and buy cake”}. Pstt… They gave me this really delicious red velvet cupcake 😍

There was also a farmers’ market set up where you can buy palm oil, coconut, garri, eggs and so much more. Not forgetting we need healthy teeth to enjoy all this goodies, First Bank also brought the Face ‘n’ Braces Dental Clinics to the #FiestaOfFlavour

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Maybe am just a bush girl sha o, but what totally blew me away were the misty fans!!!! For real!! I mean how else would you know that First Bank means business when they say “You First”. Those misty fans gave me so much joy walahi! I caught myself going to chill in front of some now and then. First Bank God bless y’all for that major thoughtfulness. Hosting an outdoorsy event in this Harmattan season is not an easy bone to crack trust me. Those misty fans blew mists to dampen the hot Harmattan air. And when you stand directly in front of any of them, you get to feel the cool wind with tiny droplets of water giving you this amazingly cool feeling. Yea, a cool feeling under the hot dry Harmattan weather, who can beat that. First Bank also showed their eco friendliness by incorporating a Recycle bin sponsored by Dansa Fruit Juice in the event.

There’s so much to say that just can’t all be written. I hope you guys will partake in the next Fiesta of Flavours God willing. Join me in appreciating all this other lovely pictures taken by @FemiFactor, @KneWKeeD, @teschronicles and @Honormeh_aganga

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From all the careful thoughtfulness I’ve seen put into this Fiesta of Flavours event, I’d say when First Bank Nigeria says “You First”, they’re not #JustKidding. They mean business! First Bank has been putting customer’s needs first since 1894 for real.

 

What would you have loved to see at the Fiesta of Flavours?

Do you agree this should be a yearly event?

Let me know your thoughts :D… Kindly share your thoughts in the comment box below

 

Love y’all 😘😘