Location: Museo Negrense de La Salle
Time: 5pm-8pm,
Date: July 11, 2011

Sabor Bisaya

Gruppo Uma Food Corporation, in cooperation with “The National Food Showdown” by TV Food Chefs Inc. of ABS–CBN Corporation chaired by Chef Myrna Segismundo, will hold “SABOR BISAYA – A Culinary Competition and Food Expo” on July 15-16, 2011, from 9am to 6pm, at the Convention Hall of the Bacolod Pavilion Hotel. This is an event dedicated to upgrade the level of standards of the Foodservice Industry Professionals and Students in the Visayas Region.

To make this occasion exciting for the participants, the following events are lined up:

Culinary Competitions: open to students and professionals
• Visayas Eliminations of Chef Wars “Modern Western” – Professional Division
• Visayas Eliminations of Chef Wars “Modern Filipino Kulinarya” – Student Division
• Modern Visayan Cuisine Challenge
• Modern Asia Seafood Challenge
• Organic Cuisine Challenge
• Creative Fried Rice Challenge
• On-the-Spot Cake Decorating Challenge
• Bartending Challenge
• Barista Challenge
• On-the-Spot Table Setting Challenge

Food Expo: A trade exhibit participated in by various industry partners to showcase their latest products and equipment.

Free seminars:
All About Franchising and Trademarking

Product Demonstrations: By leading food manufacturers and suppliers

Target participants for the event:
• Culinary Professionals
• Culinary Students
• Hotel and Restaurant Owners, Management and Employees
• Culinary Schools and Universities
• Food and Wine Enthusiasts

This event is also supported by our local organizations such as the following:
• Hotel and Restaurant Association of Negros Occ. (HRANO)
• Bacolod-Negros Occ. Bakers’ Association (BACNOBA)
• Organic na Negros! Organic Producers and Retailers Association (ONOPRA)
• Council of Hotel and Restaurant Educators of the Philippines (COHREP)
Resorts Association of Negros Island (RANI)

Pre-Registration Amount On-Site Registration Amount

Professionals P 90.00 P100
Students (with ID) 40.00 50

We suggest your students to pre-register to avail of discounts.

For inquiries, please contact call:
034-476-1153 or 0917-3000060 or
email at secretariat@saborbisaya.com

Bacoloaodiat Festival showcases a number of Lantern Dance Parade as well as remarkable Cultural shows, showing the good relation of the Chinese and the Filipino communities within the City.

A grand parade is scheduled on the first day, February 3 at 5pm. Food stalls will once again open and satisfy our cravings of Chinese foods along the Chopsticks Alley, North Capitol Road at 6pm. A Cultural Show will then follow around 6:30pm.

On the second day, artists and talents from GMA network will surely be crowded by fans for the Kapuso Night with Fireworks Display and live bands, starting at 5:30pm.

Bacolaodiat Festival will showcase the famous Lantern Dance Parade at 7pm and will be featured with grand fireworks and live band performers.

Performers like Parokya ni Edgar, Kamikazee, Rico Blanco, Sandwich, General Luna, Calla Lily and Helera are expected to perform in the Bacolaodiat Festival.

The Bacolaodiat celebration will also be held along Lacson Street and the North Capitol Road w‭hich will be the Chopsticks Alley.

This year’s celebration will sure be exciting for aside from the cultural performances and lantern dance parades, there will be dragon dances, Chinese food stalls, firework displays, giant zodiac animals and live band performances.

The Bacolaodiat Festival is set on February 3, 2011 to February 6, 2011.

For the 5th Organic Farmers’ Festival, to be held this December 2 – December 4, there are many activities lined up for the event.

The event will happen at the newly renovated Organic Market at Gatuslao St., Back of Provincial Capitol Building, Bacolod City.

This year’s theme is “Organic Agriculture: Consolidating Gains, Meeting Challenges and Opportunities”.

There will be Cooking Demo of Organic Food by well known Negrense Chefs. So those who wants to know more about cooking and is conscious with their health, why don’t you go and watch their cooking demo and probably get a free taste of what they’re cooking.

The Organic Farmer’s Festival will also have an Organic, Healthy, Local and Vegetarian Food Exhibits. You can look at the different organic food displays and probably buy for your own.

Aside from that, within the area, there will eco-friendly products and bazaars. Invited Guest speakers are to make a speach of their certain fields.

Plus there will be live bands to make the event lively all throughout.

Schedule:

9:00-9:00    Thanksgiving Mass & Blessing of Organic Main
Celebrant: Msgr. Vicente Navarra, DD
Place: Organic na Negros Market (newly renovated)

9:00-10:00 Registration
9:30       Opening Prayer, Pambansang Awit, Provincial Hymn of: Negros Occidental by Provincial Capitol Employees Choir

9:35 Acknowledgement of Guests and Participants

9:40 Welcome Address by Hon. Miller V. Serondo
SP Member/ Chairperson, Com. On Agriculture

9:45 Opening Remarks
Hon. Genaro M. Alvarez
Vice Governor Negros Occidental

9:55 Negros Island Organic Agriculture: Mr. Edgardo “Boyet” Uychiat
Where are we now? President, NISARD

10:10 Intermission by Mr. Joel Pacheco

10:15 Messages by Hon. Alfredo G. Maranon

10:25 Hon. Agustin R. Perdices
Governor, Negros Oriental

10:35 Hon. George P. Arnaiz
Representative 2nd District, Negros Oriental

10:45 Intermission by USLS – NOPSSCEA Dance Troupe

11:00 Introduction of Guest Speaker Mr. Larry P. Nacionales
Regional Executive Director, DA RFU 6

11:05 Keynote Address Hon. Proceso J. Alcala
Secretary, Department of Agriculture

12:00 Cutting of Ribbon by Sec. Proceso Alcala, Hon. Alfredo G. Maranon, Jr., Hon. Perdices, Hon. Arnaiz w/ LGU officials and guests

Master of Ceremony is Ian de Ramos.

2006 Opening Ceremony for Organic Farmers' Festival

The first Organic Farmers’ Festival was held last 2006. It was on the month of July. Organic products was displayed and showcased to the people. The event organizers have observed the event was a success and so they continued to have it yearly as an honor to the farmers of Negros.

In the Organic Farmers’ Festival there’s no worry of purchasing products if they contain chemicals. They’re purely and certified organic by NICERT.

It’s a simple way of giving tribute to the farmers of Negros and at the same time promoting “organic and clean living” to the people. And indeed each year’s event is a big success!

5th Negros Organic Farmers’ Festival set Dec. 2-4, 2010

The 5th Negros Island Organic Farmers’ Festival is slated on December 2-4, to celebrate the gains that the local organic food stakeholders and organizers have achieved since the festival started in 2006.

The three-day festival, considered as the first and the longest running festival of its kind in the country, will feature cooking demonstrations of organic food by famous Negrense …chefs; exhibits of organic, healthy, local and vegetarian food, and eco- friendly products and technology; talks by nationally and internationally known experts on organic food production and business and related topics; agri-tourism health and wellness fair, and open air concerts of live bands.

Exhibits will be displayed at the Organic na Negros! Market at the back of the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Building, while simultaneous symposia will be held at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall and event booth.

The activities, that will center on the theme, “Organic Agriculture: Consolidating Gains, Meeting Challenges and Opportunities,” will start on December 2 at 8 a.m. with a Thanksgiving Mass and blessing of the newly renovated Organic na Negros! Market, to be officiated by Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra.

An opening ceremony will follow, where Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Maranon Jr., Negros Oriental Governor Agustin Perdices, Negros Occidental Vice Governor Genaro Alvarez Jr., Negros Oriental 2nd District Rep. George Arnaiz Jr., Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, and Agriculture regional executive director Larry Nacionales will address guests and participants.

The festival will feature organic cooking demonstrations by chefs Margarita Fores, Jomi Gaston, Richard Ynayan, Aboy Evaristo and BJ Uy and talks by Mara Pardo de Tavera, Dr. Albert Jo, Honey Grace Catalan, Pamela Henares, Pastor Jerry Dionson, Juan Miguel Gaston, Sagay City Vice Mayor Kent Javelosa, Marivic Rio, Joseph Reyes, Ramon Uy Jr., Ramon Penalosa, Nicholas Matti, Nunelucio Alvarado, Akia Brown, Stephen Zaragosa, and Nelson Sotomil.

To talk about fair trade is Tristan Lecomte, president of Alter Eco of France, who is one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World as a fair trade visionary in its April 2010 issue.

Also to talk about social entrepreneurship is Pacita “Chit” Juan, one of the founders of Figaro Coffee Company, the largest Filipino-owned chain of coffee shops in the Philippines. She is also the president of the Philippine Coffee Board.

The Negros Island Organic Farmers’ Festival is spearheaded by the Negros Island Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (NISARD) Foundation, in collaboration with the Negros Occidental provincial government and Organik na Negros! Organic Producers and Retailers Association (ONOPRA).*

-Organic na Negros