Sa pagtatapos ng Filipino Food Month (FFM) o Buwan ng Kalutong Pilipino, pormal na nagkaroon ng symbolic turnover ceremony na iginawad ng National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) sa Department of Agriculture (DA) na siyang magiging host sa selebrasyon ng FFM 2027.
Ang Filipino Food Month Closing and Turn-over Ceremony ay ginanap sa Metropolitan Theater sa Maynila noong hapon ng May 6.
Ang FFM ay alinsunod sa Presidential Proclamation No. 469 na ipinagdiriwang tuwing Abril ng bawat taon. Layon nito na ingatan, kilalanin at pag-ibayuhin ang kulturang pagkain ng Pilipinas.
Ipinasa ni Marichu Tellano, Deputy Executive Director for Administration and Support Services ng NCCA ang responsibilidad kay Atty. Genevieve Velicaria-Guevarra, Assistant Secretary for Agribusiness, Marketing and Consumer Affairs ng DA.
“We come to the close of the month-long celebration of the Filipino Food Month. Despite the challenges that’s been coming in terms of budgets and in terms of different of task of being able to be more guarding our financial expenses, we are glad that we were able to navigate and traverse the whole celebration loaded with a day-to-day celebration that had been supported by the different agencies,” ani Tellano.
“Nakikita po natin na if we pull together all our resources and our efforts, our activities would really be giving a big bang. So, the whole month celebration was really feeding our taste with a lot of variety of cuisines and experiences that we have in celebration,” dagdag pa ni Tellano.
Karangalang muli para sa DA na tanggapin ang tungkulin na minsan na nilang nagampanan.
“Nandito na naman tayo sa isang closing yet another beginning of the Filipino Food Month for 2027. We take on this challenge and definitely this Filipino Food Month. Let us take, a little moment para po bigyan ng pasasalamat, of course ang NCCA for a very wonderful 2026 Filipino Food Month. Sana mahigitan pa natin ito for next year. Sana it will be better, bolder, and definitely more of providing better opportunities for Filipino food to be truly recognized not only here in our country but also to the world,” ani Atty. Velicaria-Guevarra.
Sa event na ito, dumalo rin ang mga kilalang personalidad na sina Jose Antonio Miguel “JAM” Melchor, Founder ng PCHM; Guillermo “Ige” Ramos, Managing Director ng Ugnayan Center for Filipino Gastronomy, at iba pa.
Pagkilala sa 2026 NCAA Partners
Samantala, pinasalamatan ng NCCA ang ilan sa regular nilang partners na buo ang dedikasyon at suporta sa pagtaguyod ng kulturang Pinoy partikular sa Filipino Food month.
Department of Agriculture – pagkilalang tinanggap ni Atty. Genevieve Velicaria-Guevarra, Assistant Secretary for Agribusiness, Marketing and Consumer Affairs
Department of Tourism – pagkilalang tinanggap ni Paulo Benito Tugbang, M.D., Office for Product Development Director
Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement (PCHM) – pagkilalang tinanggap nina Nina Daza at Marilen Fontanilla, Board of Trustees
Department of Foreign Affairs – pagkilalang tinanggap ni Raquel Solano, Assistant Secretary for Office of Economic and Cultural Diplomacy
Destileria Limtuaco & Co., Inc. – pagkilalang tinanggap ni Alma San Buenaventura, Marketing Manager.
Mama Sita Foundation – Iya Huertas Albarece, Representative