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Fil-Canadian entrepreneurs join multicultural events, farmers' markets to promote products

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Rowena Papasin | TFC News British Columbia

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1rA5o5PsV20?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Filipino businesses in Canada have cropped up during the COVID-19 pandemic, selling perishable and non-perishable items.</p><p>But with the return of in-person events, entrepreneurs have found another way to showcase their products by joining multicultural events and farmers&#x27; markets.</p><p>Kaye Bakes&#x27; Delicious Cakes and Ensaymadas and Telly&#x27;s Manila Kitchen&#x27;s Famous Adobo Flakes are regulars in the circuits. One of them is the multicultural connections event recently held in Coquitlam.</p><p>&quot;It gives us the opportunity to highlight our products and also to make friends,&quot; said Kaye del Rosario of Kaye Bakes.</p><p>Telly&#x27;s owner, Natashan Acuba-Bailey, said: &quot;It&#x27;s knowing the market [that&#x27;s] driving the business. It drives awareness that there is a brand like this.&quot;</p><p>Among those who joined the event are multicultural books seller Kristine Lim and Mary Mendoza, who sells exotic candles.</p><p>Except for Lim, most of the businesses are home-based but they all hold day jobs and work on their passion after work and during the weekends.</p><p>The Filipino business owners plan to continue promoting their products online and through various events to bring attention to small but creative ventures.</p>

Filipino businesses in Canada launched during the COVID pandemic continue to thrive years since the health crisis. 