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Resorts World Manila and GSTA garner multiple awards at National Food Showdown in the Philippines

The students from GSTA bagged 6 awards out of the 7 categories they participated in, including 2 Gold awards in Live Plated Dessert and Pastillas Preparation & Packaging categories; 1 Silver Award for Creative Cake Decoration and 1 Distinction Award for Baby Cake.

HONG KONG / MANILA – Genting Hong Kong’s two tourism ventures in the Philippines – Resorts World Manila and Genting-Star Tourism Academy (GSTA) – have garnered an array of awards at the National Food Showdown. Held at the World Trade Center recently, the National Food Showdown is the pinnacle of a series of culinary competitions held nationwide with the participation of 62 food and beverage / hospitality establishments and 98 educational institutions this year. 

The food and beverage team from Resorts World Manila, the Philippines’ first integrated tourism hub, emerged as the Overall Winner in two categories: Compleat Chefs Professional Division and Presidential Awards Professional Division, as they reaped 2 Golds, 10 Silvers, 6 Bronze, and 7 Recognition Awards.

GSTA, one of the Philippines’ leading centers of excellence offering quality, competency-based hospitality and professional development training, made a triumphant initiation in its first major culinary competition. The students from GSTA bagged 6 awards out of the 7 categories they participated in, including 2 Gold awards in Live Plated Dessert and Pastillas Preparation & Packaging categories; 1 Silver Award for Creative Cake Decoration and 1 Distinction Award for Baby Cake.

The GSTA team was led by experienced instructors Chef Jake Ramos Enrique, Culinary Program Senior Manager; Chef Raul Tamayo, Culinary Program Tutor; and Chef Emmanuel Batucan, Culinary Program Manager, who worked with the students tirelessly to help them prepare for the competition.

Touted as the biggest annual event in the country for the culinary arts, the National Food Showdown recognizes the excellence, passion, creativity and skills of practitioners and students in the hospitality and catering industry, and education institutes nationwide.

These recent awards add to Resorts World Manila’s extensive accolades including the coveted Gold Medal in the 2012 International Food Fair at the 35th World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) World Congress, held in May this year in Daejon, South Korea, and major medals in the recent Philippine Culinary Cup held at the SMX Convention Center last August 1-4, 2012. IMPRESSIONS restaurant also got a ‘Perfect 10’ rating from food publication and website Asia Tatler Dining and a nod from the 2012 -2013 edition of Miele Guide to be among the best fine dining spots in 18 Asian countries.

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