{"id":21662,"date":"2024-08-08T00:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21662"},"modified":"2024-08-08T00:52:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:52:56","slug":"sizzle-serve-and-conquer-emancipation-day-cook-up-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/sizzle-serve-and-conquer-emancipation-day-cook-up-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sizzle, Serve, and Conquer&#8217;: Emancipation Day Cook-Up Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Councilwoman Sancha Halley is organizing a day of family fun with the second annual Emancipation Cook-Up competition, scheduled for August 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, themed \u201cSizzle, Serve, and Conquer,\u201d will take place at the ball field opposite Lover\u2019s Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aims to bring people together to celebrate African culture and the spirit of Emancipation Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halley emphasized that the event is designed to foster camaraderie and enjoyment, with activities like games and traditional celebrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She encouraged attendees to embrace the festivities and join in the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highlight of the day will be the cook-up competition, where participants will be judged on taste and presentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winners will receive cash prizes and trophies, with the first prize set at $20,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the cooking competition, three additional prizes will be awarded for the best male, female, and child African-themed outfits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emancipation Day, observed annually on August 1 in Guyana, commemorates the abolition of slavery and celebrates the nation&#8217;s freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councilwoman Sancha Halley is organizing a day of family fun with the second annual Emancipation Cook-Up competition, scheduled for August 1. The event, themed \u201cSizzle, Serve, and Conquer,\u201d will take&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21663,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21662\/revisions\/21663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}