Filipino Chefs Group in Jeddah Gives OFWs Hope for a Second Career Option

Consul General to Jeddah Edgar Badajos congratulates the newly-minted chefs and bakers. (Jeddah PCG photo)

JEDDAH 03 April 2019 – More than 30 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with regular day jobs in Jeddah received their certificates as newly-minted chefs and bakers after undergoing six sessions of intensive training in culinary arts and baking from the International Center for Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management (ICCAHM).

The awarding of certificates took place on 29 March 2019 during the Seventh Commencement Exercises of ICCAHM, premier Filipino chefs group in Jeddah.

Consul General to Jeddah Edgar Badajos, who attended the ceremony, commended ICCAHM and its President and Founding Chairman Roger Cabacang for giving OFWs in Jeddah a second career option when they finally return to the Philippines.

“By making the course available to any OFW with a passion for cooking, ICCAHM is, in a way, complementing our government’s reintegration program for returning OFWs,” Consul General Badajos added. 

Consul General Badajos also expressed admiration to ICCAHM’s objectives, and said that “you are giving our fellow Filipinos not only abilities in aspects of the culinary arts but also widening their doors to opportunities in the Philippines for those who wish to open their own bakeries and restaurants when they go back to the country for good.”

The evening concluded with a wide variety of different dishes that ICCAHM’s graduating class prepared themselves. END

The graduates pose for a family photo. (Jeddah PCG photo)

Graduates receives their certificates. (Jeddah PCG photo)

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