By Cyrus A. Natividad
Contestants preparing their ingredients for the cook-off.
The CPU College of Hospitality Management (CHM) announced the winners for this year鈥檚 Agrifair Cooking Competition. The theme for this year, 鈥淏ackyard Gardening for Sustainable Food Production鈥 provided an inspiration for the cooking teams to involve local vegetables in the competition entries. The winners were announced on November 22, 2019.
There were four competing teams from CHM whose entries were judged according to the appropriateness of the menu, preparation, and taste. The judges were given time to taste each food entry in Dessert, Main Course, and Appetizer categories.
The winners are Team 4 – Champion (Joshua Ritz Gimotea, Jesreel Bautista, Kenneth Castronuevo and Emanuel Huyaban ); Team 3 – 1st Runner Up (Lorenz Joshua Cawaling, Vince Michael Lamprea, Laurence Joseph Tabiano and Charlie Lenisen); Team聽 1聽 – 2nd Runner Up ( EC Kaye聽 Del Castilo, Denjilla Sacapa帽o); Team 2 – Consolation Prize ( Marc Golez, Marlon Sabando, Maro Josue Esposo and Brian Mariquing).
The judges give comments on the dishes prepared by the contestants.
Other guests and spectators were treated to the delicious food entries of the contesting teams, after the judging. According to Dr. Armando Hisuan, Chair of the Agrifair Cooking Competition 2019, 鈥淭he 鈥楶atikim鈥 (Free Taste) is a tradition done by the College of Hospitality Management 鈥 to share the blessing and success of the event.鈥