Continuing its long-standing tradition of celebrating exemplary culinary traditions from all over the world,
The Peninsula Manila joins the
Embassy of Switzerland in “
Swissness: More Fun in the Philippines,” a 10-day festival where The Peninsula Manila’s very own Swiss Chef
Samuel Linder of Old Manila takes over the hotel’s kitchens and showcases the very best in Swiss food and wine from
August 2-11, 2012.
This food festival is doubly meaningful as the year 2012 also marks the 150th anniversary of the friendship between the Philippines & Switzerland. The Swiss Embassy in Manila opened in 1862, the first time that the federal republic consisting of 26 cantons was represented in any Asian country. Under the direction of Peter Jenny, Switzerland’s first consul in the Philippines, official relations between the two countries was launched and, today, the Swiss community in the Philippines is the second largest in Asia and Switzerland is one of the Philippines’ top 10 investors.