Biggest Bakery Fair opens Feb 15
What do showbiz celebrities Marian Rivera, Sharon Cuneta Pangilinan, Bea Alonzo, Judy Ann Santos, Maricar ReyesPoon, Bettina Carlos and Ara Mina have in common? They all love baking and have studied how to bake. Breads, cakes and pastries are becoming popular in the Philippines, despite rice still being a popular mainstay of the national diet.
A sign of the robust Philippine economy, the country’s biggest baking and food trade show invites everyone to the three-day Bakery Fair organized every two years by the Filipino Chinese Bakery Association Inc. (FCBAI).
Bakery Fair 2019 showcases exhibitors, seminars and demonstrations by local and international experts, plus all kinds of modern baking supply and equipment from Feb. 15 to 17, at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
With hashtag #BakeryFair2019,
bakery enthusiasts, home bakers or would-be entrepreneurs can contact its organizers via Facebook at
fb.com/fcbai.ph or website www. fcbai.com.ph and www.bakeryfair. com.ph
FCBAI president Peter Fung said, “Started in 2001, Bakery Fair is a biennial event which seeks to promote updating our industry on the latest trends in baking technology and ideas, new equipment and ingredients, latest packaging concepts and materials. We at FCBAI hope the Bakery Fair can promote, elevate standards and strengthen the Philippine bakery industry not only as part of the country’s dietary, lifestyle and culinary culture, but also to boost economic development through growth of small and medium-scale enterprises or SMEs.”
Now headed by Peter Fung as president and William Ong as executive vice-president, the 52-year-old FCBAI is a nonstock, non-profit organization of mostly SMEs in the bakery industry. Among its objectives include promoting better baking standards and service, also educational and socio-civic projects.
Although ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs have been in the Philippine baking industry for centuries, the FCBAI was organized in September 1966 in Manila by a group of entrepreneurs led by its founding president Mariano Sioco. The FCBAI is also part of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc.