Miele, the premium home appliance maker from Germany, recently launched the Miele Masters Series, a culinary workshop featuring some of the country’s finest chefs.

Held at the Miele showroom along Pioneer St. in Mandaluyong City, the series kicked off last March 9 with none other than Enchante’s Sous Chef Jessie Sincioco. Chef Jessie is the woman behind Chef Jessie Rockwell Club and Top of the Citi, both formerly known as Le Soufflé. For two years in a row, her restaurant has been listed in The Miele Guide - an annual, independent publication that aims to be an authoritative reference to the best restaurants in Asia.

Chef Jessie also showed the audience how to make Healthy Steamed Vegetable Soup. The chef especially wanted to do this recipe because of the growing concern and interest on healthy eating and cooking. With the convenience of the Miele steamer’s multi-level cooking, Chef Jessie was able to steam the vegetables and the crab claw at the same time.

For the main course, Chef Jessie prepared a Roast Duck with Valentino Sauce and Spinach and Potato Gratin on the side, using the Miele oven. With the Moisture Plus and the Wireless Probe features of the Miele oven, the duck came out juicy and succulent inside and perfectly browned and crispy on the outside. The secret? Miele’s Moisture Plus feature allows the addition of moisture into the oven cavity during the cooking process, and combines it with the fan function that distributes the heat and moisture evenly around the oven. The wireless probe, on the other hand, ensures that the food is cooked to the core. It conveniently displays a read-out of the food’s core temperature on the oven’s display panel.

As a fitting finale to the workshop, Chef Jessie demonstrated her recipe for the Chocolate Truffle Cake using the Miele Vitasteam.

Participants each went home with a souvenir bag containing a Miele apron, a Miele note cube and pen, a pack of Twinings Tea Sampler and a Miele bag of cookies.

For its second run in May, The Miele Masters Series will feature Chef Roland Laudico and better half Chef Jacqui of the famed Bistro Filipino restaurant. Chef Tony Boy Escalante of Antonio’s, ranked as The Miele Guide’s 17th Best Restaurant in Asia, takes centerstage in August. Chef Gaita Fores of Pepato will be the featured Chef in October.

The Miele Masters Series culinary workshop is open to interested participants with a minimal joining fee. For more information, interested parties may call Focus Global, distributor of Miele appliances in the Philippines, at 634-8587, and look for either Vanessa or Jeelai.