Last year around October and November, Chef Myrna Segismundo gathered friends in the hospitality industry to be judges at her four- or five-leg National Food Showdown (NFS). The locations were Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Baguio and Lipa City (from where Myrna hails).
National Food Showdown . The locations were Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Baguio and Lipa City . I was able to join the Lipa City two-day leg and judged the coffee concoctions category for schools and universities.
Myrna takes pride in the fact that she finds ways to fund this project for almost two decades now. But it has to be more sustainable and local executives must replicate this for the idea to prosper and still continue beyond our time. It is not easy to do a one-woman show as Myrna has been doing the past years. But it is a good idea she can share with other LGUs to push for Locavorism or the appreciation of local food, while discovering potential chefs and cooks for the future.
The NFS can be promoted in every municipality, leading to the tilt where national champions can be recognized and rewarded for potential, and be supported to continue thinking creatively. After all, PISA or the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment says our youth need more creative thinking to rank among the world’s best. PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges.
Noted chefs and luminaries like Glenda Barretto of Via Mare and Lita Urbina of Laguna Café was in our group last year and I was a fangirl dining with them at the same table. I watched as they ate heartily as foodies always do. I also met younger foodies like chef Miko Aspiras and chocolatier Christian Valdes of CMV Chocolat. I do not mind giving time for these activities because I also learn much about local food culture.
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