OAIS bags Gold Award in 2021 Regional Cooking Skills Competition
While watching for this year's Philippine National Skills Competition which will be held on December 13-14, 2021 at BCSAT, Ms. Lao is working her way to victory to master the dishes and menus she herself will perform and prepare in the coming competition
Ms. Lao was contended by 2 other competitors coming from KNAS and CSAT. She was coached by Ms. Eulaiza Mae Marcos and Ms. Janice Tagaloguin, an OAIS Trainers in Cookery NC II
At 21, Ms. Lao is a junior Marine Transportation student at JRMSU Dapitan City. She is the 3rd child (in the brood of 4) of Mrs. Nelfa M. Docuyan, a housewife and Mr. Teddy U Lao, a retired OFW.
Hard work has finally paid off when Ms. Jacklyn Kay D. Lao, a trainee in Cookery NC II was able to bring home the bacon for being the Gold Awardee in this year's 2021 Regional Skills Competition in Cooking which was held on November 12, 2021 at Cagayan de Oro Bogo School of Arts and Trade (COBSAT).
Bearing the theme, "Skills as Rehiyon Diyes: Panalo sa Trabaho, Sama-sama sa Tagumpay". Ms. Lao delivered with grace under pressure as she showcase her skills in the preparation and presentation of the following dishes in 3 categories: Main Course: Protein with Sauce (Beef Steak with Alfredo's Pasta with Brown Sauce and Battered Vegetables); Soup: Creamy Corn Soup and Dessert: Chocolate Cake.
"Everything happens for a reason. God must have His reasons for allowing me to win in this competition - and I thank Him for that", Ms. Lao gratefully expressed in an interview conducted by OAIS SMAC Focal. "Ever since I was a child. I have been my mother's helping hand in the house hold chores, especially in the kitchen. Since then, my love for cooking has developed". she further added. "However I feel the need to enroll myself in a formal cooking class in order to hone and fully optimize the passion that God has bestowed upon me and (of course) to keep myself abreast of the current trends in cooking industry in today's modernized era". Ms. Lao stressed.
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