Philippine Food Expo to Ignite F&B Industry with Cooking, Culture, and Celebrity Chefs on April 28-30

The country’s culinary scene takes the spotlight as the Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization (Philfoodex) brings back the 15th Philippine Food Expo “Philippine Food Expo on April 28-30 to Ignite F&B Industry with Cooking, Culture, and Celebrity Chefs”t the Mall of Asia SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.

Themed Emerging Trends in Food Trade, the biennial Expo will gather over 300 micro, small, medium to large-scale exporters involved in food manufacturing, growing, export, equipment, packaging, ingredients, additives, and allied industries in a remarkable effort to help the food & beverage industry bounce back post-pandemic.

Catch celebrity chefs Myke “Tatung” Sarthou, Sheilla Lopez, and Boy Logro as they showcase their latest culinary creations and share their love for Filipino cooking. Award-winning chef and cookbook author Tatung Sarthou will talk about Food Tourism, where he will share his passion for preserving and defining Filipino cooking as an integral part of the tourism industry.

The event will also feature seminars on trends and updates in the hospitality industry, food tourism, and food security to help medium, small, and micro-enterprises improve their products and optimize business opportunities.

The Culinary Challenge competition will also spice up the Expo, showcasing the skills of students and faculty in various categories such as Food Styling and Photography, Philippine Regional Table Setting, Kitchen Masters, PINASarap Breakfast, Healthy Pasta, Modern Filipino Dessert, and Mystery Ingredient.  Judging the entries of our country’s future chefs are renowned industry experts including Chef Martin Bower, Chef Daryl Vance Sy, and Chef Robert Davis among others.

The Department of Agriculture supports the event in conjunction with Filipino Food Month, which celebrates the country’s rich culinary treasures. Philfoodex has also tapped MAYANI as the Expo’s first agri-tech partner to champion the vital role of agriculture in the Philippine food industry. New home-grown medium and small enterprises born out during the pandemic will also exhibit to expand their market reach for the first time.

“Food security remains to be a pressing issue in the country. With Mayani’s presence in the Expo, we hope to not just highlight the importance of sustainable food ecosystems, but also make accessible affordable produce cultivated by our local farmers. After all, they are our food security frontliners in this post-pandemic era,” shares Philfoodex president Ruben See.

“The demand for new food products and technologies in Southeast Asia has increased exponentially, which local manufacturers must be able to meet. In line with this, we are working out measures to improve our exports and manufacturing sector by partnering with our Asean countries for the steady supply of raw materials,” he added.

The 15th Philippine Food Expo is backed by the Department of Trade and Industry, UnionBank of the Philippines, and the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PHILEXPORT). 

For more information, visit www.phillippinefoodexpo.ph, search #philippinefoodexpo2023 on social media, or contact Cut Unlimited at (02) 8363-5192, 8363 4900, 8362 2266 or cut.eventsph@gmail.com.