BONTOC, Mountain Province – To raise community awareness and to inculcate health and nutrition habits for children at an early age for healthy living, the Bontoc Local Government Unit (LGU) through the Municipal Health Office conducted Cooking and NutriSong Contests in observance of this year’s Nutrition Month on July 8, 2022, at the Bontoc Municipal Capitol Auditorium.
In the cooking contest participated in by the parents of malnourished (obese, overweight, underweight, and stunted) children, the participants have to come up with nutritious and delicious food while staying within the family budget. Also, the menu they have to cook and serve should be able to pass the taste of picky toddlers. It should also feature the local food in the community.
Barangay Gonogon represented by Aida Mangodang emerged as the champion with her recipe Banana Blossom with Chicken and Mixed Vegetables. She will receive a cash prize of P8, 500.00.
Barangays Alab Proper and Alab Oriente represented by Phoebe Og-an and Cherie Claire Longao came in 2nd place with their recipe Langka with peanut. They will receive a cash prize of P6, 500.00.
Barangay Bontoc Ili represented by Pebbles Verdadero with her menu Monggo with Sotanghon and “butchi” as dessert landed in 3rd place and will receive a cash prize of P5, 500.00
Barangay Talubin represented by May Ann Bawiyan is the 4th place with her menu Chicken Sisig and will receive a cash prize of P4, 500.00
The dishes were judged based on criteria of 20 percent overall acceptability/palatability, 30 percent nutritional value, 15 percent originality, 15 percent ease of preparation, 10 percent cost of efficiency, and 10 percent overall presentation.
Meanwhile, in the NutriSong Contest, the participants are from Barangays Bontoc Ili, Dalican, Maligcong, and Samoki.
The song entries must be recorded in MP4 video format with subtitles. Also, it must be related to the 2022 Nutrition Month Theme, “New Normal na Nutrisyon, Sama-samang Gawan ng Solusyon!”
The entries were judged on 50 percent message of the song, 20 percent musicality, 20% use of indigenous melody, and 10 percent creativity, and overall performance.
Barangay Dalican came in 1st place, 2nd place is Maligcong, 3rd place is Bontoc Ili, and 4th place is Samoki. They will receive a cash prize of P4, 000.00, P3, 000.00, P2, 000.00, and P1, 000.00, respectively.
Aside, from the cash prizes, the winners in the Cooking and NutriSong contests will receive Certificates of Recognition.
The judges are Municipal Health Officer Dr. Diga Kay Gomez, Administrative Officer V Zenith Rose Dalog, and Municipal Tourism Officer Caren Guinayen.