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Milkmaid rewards facebook fans with an afternoon of Milkmaid sweet delights with celebrity Chef Gerard Mendis

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Milkmaid rewards facebook fans with an afternoon of Milkmaid sweet delights with celebrity Chef Gerard Mendis

A household favourite in Sri Lanka for over a century and synonymous with mouthwatering desserts, Milkmaid has inspired its fans throughout the years to indulge in the favourite things they’ve always loved:treats in chocolate, treats in cream, fruity fantasies and soufflé dreams.

True to its brand promise of ‘Creating Happiness’, Milkmaid rewarded its top facebook fans for their high levels of engagement on the brand’s facebook page with an afternoon with celebrity chef Gerard Mendis, who demonstrated exciting recipes like Chocolate Cheesecake, Passion Fruit Cream and Chocolate Fudge Puddings with Milkmaid. Facebook fans and their guests received counsel on desserts outside of what was demonstrated as well, where Chef Gerard clarified questions and offered tips on other Millkmaid recipes prepared at home.

Interacting personally with the Milkmaid brand team and the Managing Director and other Senior Managers of Nestlé afterwards over high tea and refreshments, all participants were given a goodie bag of Nestlé products as a token of appreciation for their participation. A surprise raffle draw was also held at the end, where three lucky winners walked away with dinner vouchers from star-class hotels in Colombo.

The event elicited a good response from facebook fans, who posted rave reviews on Milkmaid’s facebook page:

Thanks a lot Nestlé for giving us an opportunity to learn yummy Milkmaid recipes from Chef Gerard Mendis. We had a wonderful time over there and you guys treated us really well. Hope to meet you’ll soon in another event like this

Thank you very much for giving us a chance to participate in your delightful programme! It was awesome and a very valuable and sweet afternoon with Chef Gerard Mendis. A very big thank you to the Nestlé team for organising such a great event. We’ll never forget this afternoon and wish you all the very best for future events to come

Milkmaid’s facebook page - Nestlé Milkmaid Sweet Delights - currently has one of the highest levels of engagement for a Sri Lankan facebook page.

Said Ruwan Welikala, AVP – Dairy for Nestlé Lanka “Milkmaid is made using 100% Sri Lankan milk. Being a versatile and trusted dessert ingredient, it has formed the cornerstone for countless quick-and-easy desserts, beverages and toppings for generations. We began to digitally interact with our consumers via facebook early this year to provide them with a more intimate brand experience. We had an amazing amount of support from our fans right from our inception and have now grown to a fan base of over 45,000! We’re extremely pleased to have been able to interact personally with our most engaged facebook fans and show them our appreciation. In order to keep our fan base engaged further we have just rolled out our first Google Hangout, enabling our facebook fans to connect with us in real time during online recipe demonstrations and ask questions and share their thoughts. We plan on going live online via Google Hangouts every month”.