Cagayan de Oro holds food festival.

(From BusinessWorld (Philippines))

Byline: Ellen P. Red

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Hundreds of professional and amateur cooks have gathered in this city this week to compete or simply watch the biggest culinary event in Mindanao, the Kumbira (the Cebuano term for "food festival").

For four straight days, participants in the professional and student divisions competed and will continue to compete in categories like Filipino dessert, vegetable juice concoctions, plated desserts, fruit and vegetable carving, fruit and vegetable showpiece, cake decoration, cold coffee concoctions, plated appetizers, cold meat buffet platter, sandwich challenge, seafood …