Students from the Colegio de Sta. Catalina de Alejandria (COSCA) bested the other entries in the 4^th Rice is Life cookfest at the Robinson’s Mall Dumaguete last Sunday, held as part of the 61^st founding anniversary of Foundation University.

The COSCA team joined the annual cookfest for the first time. Gunther Sanin, founder and director of the Dumaguete Academy of Culinary Arts and owner of Casablanca Restaurant along the boulevard, not only founding the COSCA team outstanding but he also awarded a team member a tuition fee scholarship worth P12,000.

The contestants from Silliman University Nutrition & Dietetics Department placed second and the Negros Oriental state University College of Tourism & Hospitality Management, 3^rd. In the High School category, the St. Paul University High School, Foundation University High School, and the San Pedro Academy-Recoletos were chosen first, second and third runners-up, respectively.