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Thai Wine Tour Part 1: Village Farm and Winery

Village farm and winery is a boutique winery in the middle of the hills in nam keow. Along with the students and profs of CACS, our first day…

Portfolio Collab part 1: Jar Concengco and our “conceptual stuff”

After several long months, Jar and I finally meet again on this portfolio collab with photographers. Our set-up in this area of the room was a bit more…

Sneak Peek…I’m so tired!

Today marks a very special day…it was my first project for 2010! Second…I had 3 photo setups going on at the same time, churning out about 12 dishes…

Our First Online Raffle — Win a Blue Peace Chefy Lite Bag!!! :)

Win this blue peace bag from the Chefy Store!!!

Kenny’s Roast & Grill Shoot

I had a pretty fun 2 late July weeks with my 3 jobs for Kenny Rogers. My first job were specifically for their new, mod outlet in Rockwell…

Supreme Brazo Bars Cafe Grand Opening

I was invited to join my client Ces Lopez’s Supreme Brazo Bars Cafe Opening last August 18 Sunday. So Mig and I went on a long drive to…

I was invited to an SM Hypermart Opening

Do you know what happens in an SM hypermart opening? I didn’t…but I’m glad I had my credit card and a stall that got me invited into one!…

Our Buenisimo: Rated as one of Tatler’s BEST!!!

I’m happy to announce that after 4 months in operation, the Philippine Tatler rates our newest restaurant Buenisimo as one of the BEST!!! Other restaurants with the same…

Another KR project

I recently had a shoot for Kenny Rogers Roast & Grill outlet for their upcoming meals. And boy it was another lovely shooting day for the books….even if…

The Chefy Lite – our unique chef’s bag

Going on our 3rd week on the Chefy Lite, our bag stocks are down to half. I’m really glad that a lot of people, and not only me…seem…

Food Styling Batch 2: Finals

Before I completely feel tardy, I will post these pics. I’ve been getting messages from former students asking about Delores’ Custer’s class, if it will be good to…

The Chefy Store

I am trying to set up a mini-business that has to do with something I like: Shopping, Fashion and Cooking all in one. So I set up this…

Food Styling Batch 2: Pasta, Salad, Cereal & Sandwiches

Ah the final workshop day and they will be off to worrying about individual and group projects for the last 2 sessions. On this day the students did…

Food Styling Program Day 1 (Batch 2)

It was a small class which gave me more time to be a little more focused with each of their projects. I modified the lessons a bit just…

Tabasco & Mega Mexicana

I recently did a quick job for Tabasco & Mega Mexicana. I think the tiny recipe sheets are out in the supermarkets already but I haven’t had the…

Part 1 of things to come

Finally, a breather from everything. I am starting my class this weekend, I already changed a few things compared to the old class and managed to get some…

Professional Food Styling Program opening on April!

Hi guys, I’m posting the brochure of the Professional Food Styling Program which will open on April 4, 2009. We have 6 whole days of grueling styling activities…

A Day with Bobby Chinn

There is something weird about this month, we’ve been having international food icons dine at Cafe Ysabel! Our house restoration must’ve opened up some sort of magnet and…

Anthony Bourdain visits Cafe Ysabel!

YES. Yes and yes. These pictures are real. Anthony Bourdain is in Manila. I still feel a little light headed from what happened. The big secret was —…

Chiang Mai Top 5

Last February, I took a long study leave to eat and study my way through Chiang Mai. Well mostly to eat. Dad, my brother and Chefs Toto and…

Aug/Sept issue of Appetite Magazine

For this month’s issue of Appetite Mag, I got featured in the section called “Chef du Jour”. Well, they made a mistake in the name of the school,…

Finals Day @ the Food Styling Program

I think yesterday was harder, but it was nice seeing how more relaxed and comfortable my students were compared to the first day. Since today was finals day,…

Getting Inspired @ the Professional Food Styling Program

It was a very exciting morning for our last Saturday together in class. Our class was graced by the presence of Mr. Eugene Raymundo, one of the most…

Professional Food Styling Program: Sandwiches

Build and build and build…I think this is definitely one of my favorite things to style: sandwiches. After doing a demo to the class, it was their turn…

Wrap Party @ Cilantro Kitchen

I think we were just in time for lunch. The staff and some of the chefs who participated in the F&B World Recipe Book were in the Cilantro…

Professional Food Styling Program: Be Creative!

Here are some of the works from our last weekend before our individual and finals food styling days. On this day, I encouraged my students to let their…

The Magic Formula: Fake Ice Cream

I think I have the magic formula down…and the proper way of scooping. My ice cream has improved significantly from my last ice cream try. I think I…

Professional Food Styling Program: Rice and Pasta Afternoon

After we all grabbed lunch at DEC, it was time to do something a bit more complicated. Rice and Pasta are pretty tricky if you don’t have much…

Professional Foodstyling Program Day 3: Cereals

For the first half of our day, we made some bowls of cereals. Cereals are much like soups and salads put together, I don’t want to lay the…

Professional Food Styling Course Day 2

After the storm last Sunday, we moved our class to today, Friday so that the students will get used to food styling in the next three days before…

F&B World Photo & Interview Day

Today I just had a pictorial for F&B World’s Cookbook. My brother and I along with maybe 14 other chefs will be featured along with their Asian inspired…

Teaching the Professional Food Styling Program Day 1

I am really so happy to say that I opened my first professional, and the first continuing education program in Food Styling at our school, the Center for…

Cafe Ysabel: Old Soul, New Breath of Life

After months of repairs and renovation, I’m proud to say that Cafe Ysabel has been giving a new breath of life. It is as if we just made…

Work Over Lunch

I seem to be more efficient when I work under pressure. It’s been crunch-time the past several days and I’ve been doing a lot of gophering, design and…

The Food Styling Program Almost Here!

I’m so excited. I found that we have a total of 14 students already joining the Professional Food Styling Program I set up in CACS. I will be…