Four students from the College of International Hospitality and Tourism Management (CIHTM) emerged victorious in three different categories in the Council of Hotel and Restaurant Educators of The Philippines’ (COHREP) National Virtual Skills Competition 2021 that is hosted by the Lyceum of the Philippines-Laguna, in its award night on December 3, 2021, via Facebook Live.
COHREP is an academic professional association dedicated to fostering high-quality hospitality and tourism education in the Philippines. The competition intends to improve students’ knowledge and skills in the tourism, hospitality, and culinary fields, as well as provide a venue for benchmarking, camaraderie, and sportsmanship among students and school representatives.
The said competition is the first-ever National Virtual Skill competition where 32 schools with a total of 231 entries have competed in different categories.
The CIHTM students triumphed in three categories, namely, gold medalist Kyle Marez R. Flores and her coach Anna Mae Lagrosa won in Plated Desserts Video Demonstration, Bronze medalist Eden Lyn Bevida and Czarine Emanuelle Buelo and their coach John Vincent Ibarreta and assistant Lee Shine Aman won in Hotel Product Advertisement, and 5th place Alisa Joyce Reyes and her coach Carell E. Cerillo in Creative Cake Display.
Due to the current pandemic’s restrictions, the competition’s awarding ceremony was held virtually. Despite the event’s technical issues, it was completed.
