17/06/2026
๐ท๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ง โ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ท
The College of International Tourism and Hospitality Management proudly represented ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐-๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ฎ at the culminating event of ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, a celebration that goes beyond culinary excellence and serves as a platform for advocating and supporting the local Philippine hog industry.
Inspired by the success of previous Hog Festivals, this year's event highlighted the importance of sustainability, local livelihood, food sovereignty, food security, and cultural identity. It underscored the vital role of Filipino hog raisers and farmers whose dedication continues to sustain communities and contribute to the nation's economy.
Representing LPU Manila were:
๐จโ๐ณ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ถ๐
๐จโ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐. ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐
๐จโ๐ณ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฃ. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ
๐จโ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ผ๐น๐ผ ๐. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐
๐จโ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฏ๐ฎ
๐จโ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ
๐จโ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น ๐ข. ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ท๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ
๐จโ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐. ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
Guided by their esteemed mentors:
๐จโ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ . ๐ก๐๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐จโ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ
As future culinary and hospitality professionals, the team joined fellow participants in celebrating Filipino cuisine through creativity, innovation, and technical excellence while championing the use of locally produced pork and supporting Filipino farmers.
Reflecting on their experience, the student competitors shared:
"๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ; ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ค๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ-๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ."
They further expressed:
"๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ; ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ."
"๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ."
More than a competition, HOG Festival 2026 served as a reminder that every choice to support locally produced pork strengthens the livelihood of Filipino farmers, backyard raisers, workers, and rural communities. As the next generation of culinary professionals, our students proudly answered the call to preserve, promote, and celebrate Filipino food heritage.
Congratulations to our student delegates, mentors, organizers, chefs, and industry partners for making this meaningful journey possible!
๐ธ Here are some memorable moments from LPU Manila's participation in ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ: ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป โ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.