Competent teachers are the most critical piece in improving students? achievement and closing the achievement gap. The single most important influence on student learning is the quality of teaching, yet most schools do not define what good teaching is (Danielson, 2006). Notably, Fong-Yee and Normore (2013) highlighted that factors such as teachers? cognitive ability, subject matter knowledge, knowledge of teaching and learning, licensure, and teaching behaviors in the classroom are related to teacher quality and increased student achievement. On the basis of the Zamboanga del Sur Division Memorandum No. 15, s.2015, it is interesting to note that teachers are called for skills training for public secondary TLE teachers to provide opportunities to hone their technical skills in preparation for the required and mandatory assessment and certification by the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA Thus, the study was conducted to examine teachers? competence in teaching cookery and to explore its relationship to the students? skills performance in the context of Zamboanga del Sur. Moreover, outcome of this study will serve as a basis for curriculum enhancement to improve training experience in Cookery NCII which will be handled by TLE teachers in order to enhance their competence in cookery NCII which manifested to the satisfaction and psychomotor performance among learners.