"Care Food Cooking Competition 2025” Final Was Held Successfully🎉

CareFood
Oct 27
2 min read

The final of the 7th Care Food Cooking Competition were successfully held on October 18! 🥳 This is the first time that all contestants are foreign domestic helpers (FDHs). We are also honored to have Mr. Romulo Victor M. Israel Jr., the Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong✨, Consulate General's wife, Ms. Catherine Joy P. Israel,✨ Assistant Labor Attache of the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong✨ and Ms. Zivya Syifa Husnayain the Vice Consul for Information and Sociocultural of the Indonesian Consulate General✨ attend the competition. This year's competition, themed "The Flavour of Memories", encourages participants to transform favourite food of people with dysphagia into care food, allowing them to rediscover the flavours they miss.

A total of 7 foreign domestic helpers were shortlisted as finalists from preliminary competition. They were required to cook a dish that complies with the Guideline of Care Food Standard Level 4 to Level 7EC. Some employers supported the contestants throughout the training and competition process. Each contestant's dish is very attractive, colorful, and has taken a lot of effort in its design. ❤️ The nutrition, seasoning, and plating have all been carefully considered, showing great thoughtfulness.😍 The design concepts and stories behind are also touching.

We also have student chefs from International Culinary Institute (ICI) and Chinese Culinary Institute (CCI) assisting in the competition. Being "Care Food Trainees", the student chefs exchange cooking experiences with foreign domestic helpers, and cook and improve dishes together to help them complete the competition. 💪🏻 Through this competition, we hope that we can encourage the new generation of chefs to understand Care Food, improve their professional skills, and promote social inclusion!

After the food tasting and scoring by the star judges, we have selected the "Gourmet Food" Award, the "Joy" Award, the "Connections" Award and the "Compassion" Award respectively. Awards will be presented at Care Food Cooking Competition 2025 Award Ceremony during the Gerontech Expo cum Summit on November 22. 🏆

Same as the competition in previous years, we will also open public voting this year! Voting will begin in late October. Everyone is welcome to vote for your favorite Care Food dish by clicking “like” in under your target post in Facebook. The one with the most "likes"👍🏻 will receive the Public Favorite Award, which will be awarded on the Award Ceremony.

Once again, we would like to thank all the strategic partners and sponsors, various institutions and units, and the judges for their strong support. We hope everyone can enjoy the food! 🥰

👉If you would like to know more details about the public voting and award ceremony, please stay tuned to our website: https://www.carefood.org.hk/ and Facebook for the latest news!