The Bureau of Corrections or BuCor, mandated to carry out
institutional rehabilitation programs for the inmates.Their rehabilitation effort is to provide
the basic needs of inmate as human being. The other steps in the rehabilitation
process are the provision of work programs, health care, education and skills
training, recreation and sports, religious guidance and behavior modification
using the therapeutic community approach.
As envisioned, the BuCor is now being a modern, secured and
professional correction institution which is characterized by a more responsive
prison system that is geared towards the humane and spiritually guided
rehabilitation of inmates, for their re-integration into the mainstream of
society.
Gladly and luckily we witnessed one of the activities inside
the Bucor Maximum Security Compound, a very lively Iron Bar Chef Showdown. I
have witnessed the one cooking challenge last June 16 held at the Medium
Security Compound. And last June 30, we were there to witnessed the grand
finals of the cooking showdown, held at the Maximum compound.
Six groups compete, three from the Medium
Compound and three from the Maximum Compound. They were named Team Sarap, Team
Namit, Team Yum-Yum, Team Lolong Pogi, Team Planet and Team Uban.
They were given 60 minutes to the challenge to create the dishes , an appetizer, the main dish and dessert. Each dish will be judged
according to it’s taste, nutritional value and over-all creativity.
There were seven judges and one of them is Chef Gene Del
Prado, an executive sous chef of Makati-Shangrila Plaza Hotel. Prizes stake are P15,000 for the first
place, P10,000 for the second place and P5,000 for the third place.
The event definitely served its purpose (and exceeded
expectations) The Iron Bar Chef
Challenge was a great fun and we were given the chance to taste their
masterpiece, the food was very delicious.
So all in all, a wonderful day. I hope to another tour in the near future, as I would like to delve into this more.
This is one great part of the Bureau of Correctional Director Gaudencio Pangilinan's rehabilitation program. As BuCor offers
a variety of inmate work programs and this is one great re-shaping an
individual’s behavior and attitudes through the inmates’ community working
together to help themselves and each other, restoring self confidence, and
preparing them for their re-integration into their families and friends as
productive members of the community.
The winner, Team Uban |
The Judges |
The Paraiso Band with entertainment part of the program |
The friendly and talented host |
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2 comments:
Wow, I never thought awesome activities like these happened inside BuCor. How did you get invited? I hope I also have the chance to witness such events.
Great photos! Thanks for sharing(:
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