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Learn · Connect · Grow

Build a food business that lasts.

CCA Manila's Center for Food Entrepreneurship — connecting food businesses to the knowledge, experts, and industry that help them grow.

The name is the model. We connect the food industry — four ways.

01To knowledge

Bootcamps, workshops, and training that teach what running a food business actually takes.

02To experts

Chefs, operators, designers, and specialists that shape the Food and Hospitality industries.

03To community

A growing network of owners and teams who learn, share, and grow alongside each other.

04To industry

Partnerships that link food businesses with the brands and suppliers that serve them.

How we work with you

Most food businesses meet us in a workshop. When you're ready to go deeper, the same experts come in to work on your operation directly.

01

Bootcamps & Events

The front door

Time-boxed, hands-on programs open to any food-business owner. Learn a specific skill, meet our experts, and leave with something you can use on Monday.

  • Public bootcamps like Beyond the Plate
  • Summits and industry gatherings
  • Short workshops and masterclasses

Best for owners and teams building their skills.

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02

Consultancy

When you're ready to go deeper

Tailored engagements for a specific challenge in your business. Our core practice and our expert network, brought in to work alongside your team.

  • Scoped to your operation and goals
  • Led by CCA-vetted specialists
  • Available whenever you reach out

Best for businesses ready to fix or scale an operation.

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In the room

The work, the rooms, the people.

From CCA Connect Bootcamp: Experience is the New Menu — Hapag, Ryan K. Cruz, and Isabel Lozano.

Chef Nav & Chev Thirdy — Hapag
Ryan K. Cruz — Ramen Yushoken
Isabel Lozano — Decorum by MIL

Bootcamps, events & summits

The rooms you can join.

Join us in our upcoming events.

Training

Spirit & Service: An Immersion in Bartending

Nov 9–12, 2026 · 11AM–3PMCCA BGC, Taguig

Arcadius Rybak, Toma Toma

PHP 30,000

Guest Experience Bootcamp

The New Breed of Filipino Hospitality

Oct 28, Nov 4, 11 & 18, 2026 · 9AM–4PMCCA BGC

Isabel Lozano, Decorum by MIL

PHP 30,000

HR for Non-HR Managers Bootcamp

The Business Owner HR Blueprint: Scale Without the Chaos

Nov 9–10, 2026 · 9AM–5PMBrittany Hotel BGC

RL Garcia

PHP 25,000

Second run

For brand partners

Connect your brand to the food-business community.

  • Department of Tourism
  • CITEM
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • U.S. Dairy Export Council
  • Korean Food Promotion Institute
  • Austrade
  • New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
  • RATIONAL
  • Breville
  • NutriAsia
  • Nestlé

The owners, chefs, and operators who decide what to buy are already in our room. We help food and beverage brands reach, educate, and build loyalty with them — through programs backed by CCA Manila.

Sponsored bootcamps & summits

Put your brand at the center of the programs food entrepreneurs already come to.

Co-branded masterclasses

Teach your products in context — a dairy techniques lab, a foodservice menu session.

Product-integrated training

Get your ingredients and equipment into the hands and recipes of working operators.

R&D & menu innovation

Develop and test new applications with CCA chefs and a live audience of buyers.

Talent pipeline

Meet and recruit trained culinary and hospitality professionals from our network.

Something else in mind?

Tell us your goal and we'll design the activation around it.

Let's talk →

Let's grow the food industry together.

Join an upcoming bootcamp, bring us in for a project, or partner your brand with our community.