▁Farm ers ▁Market , ▁Cub ao ; ▁a ▁R estaur ant ▁School ▁at ▁SM ▁Mall ▁of ▁Asia ▁called ▁O ce ana ▁and ▁at ▁East wood ▁Mall ▁called ▁C CA ▁K itchen ▁. ▁C CA ▁offers ▁di pl oma ▁and ▁certificate ▁programs ▁acc red ited ▁by ▁the ▁acc red iting ▁commission ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁C ul inary ▁Federation . ▁The ▁school ▁also ▁offers ▁basic ▁courses ▁for ▁beg inners ▁and ▁profession als ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁international ▁degree ▁succession ▁and ▁cert ification . ▁ ▁History ▁C CA , ▁Man ila ▁finds ▁its ▁roots ▁with ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁C rav ings ▁B akes h op ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁This ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁the ▁C rav ings ▁Group ▁of ▁Comp an ies . ▁ ▁Thus , ▁the ▁concept ual ization ▁of ▁C CA , ▁Man ila ▁began ▁and ▁took ▁form . ▁This ▁was ▁material ized ▁by ▁the ▁team ▁of ▁exper ts ▁led ▁by ▁Dr . ▁John ▁Kn app , ▁project ▁coordin ator ▁of ▁the ▁Northern ▁Al berta ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁in ▁Canada , ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines - Col lege ▁of ▁Home ▁Econom ics . ▁It ▁took ▁three ▁years ▁to ▁assess ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁the ▁industry , ▁form ulate ▁an ▁effective ▁curr icul um , ▁form ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁chef ▁instruct ors , ▁and ▁construct ▁the ▁cul inary ▁school ▁itself . ▁C CA ▁was ▁established ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁launch ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s