I am Giannina, a classically trained chef and food stylist in Manila, Philippines who has been blogging about my eating and work adventures since 2008.
Found him like this earlier. I think he misses sleeping beside me on the bed and he probably got scared of the rain this morning. He copies our cat by trying to hide behind the curtains when he gets scared. π₯Ί#mrjackthegr #goldenretriever
BTS of our food shoot at San Miguel Culinary Center! Had a lovely time with the rest of the Sindikato and CNN team, and of course, the R&D chefs of the San Miguel Culinary Center. πΏπ₯π§πΉπ€π #gianninafoodstylist #foodstylingmanila #foodstyling #foodstylist
Our new work for Bonchon Philippines! π Happy I got to work with them again β€οΈ π€π§πΉ #gianninafoodstylist #foodstylingmanila #foodstyling #foodstylist
Food styling for video the other day to help our client's products look their best for the telly πΊπ πΉπ€π #gianninafoodstylist #foodstylingmanila #foodstyling #foodstylist
Having pizza day here at the shop to celebrate our 2 new Pet Express partner shops this week! My team has been working so hard to make sure we continue giving the highest quality pet food and treats possible. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπ₯³ β€οΈπΆ π#pizza #shakeyspizza #pizzaph
We opened our newest branch today at Pet Express Estancia. This is such a wonderful branch because there were so many dogs roaming around...kind of reminded me about the good old days when we had dine in at the shop. I got to meet a few doggos that made my day
π β€οΈπΆ π#wholepetkitchen #dogcakes #dogtreats #dogfood #dogsofinstagram #philippines #dogbakery #wholepetkitchenxpetexpress
Finally after all these years of promising myself I will be back in, the great, Raymund Isaac’s studio; here I was carrying all my stuff to his second…
I’m glad that I was tasked to style a very unique pizza Domino’s is launching this month: Apple Crumble Pizza. Basically, we used the same ingredients and size…
This was interesting, for the first time, I am handling a pizza product that won’t focus as much on the cheese pull…but rather a new and very exciting…
I really am proud to say that my hands have touched another Nestea promo! Beverage really is pretty exciting especially when your working with these beautiful fake ices…
This shoot was very challenging. Not only because we were going to be photographing fruits that had to be mounted onto a transparent background, but also the fact…
I finally got my hands on a gadget that I’ve been dreaming about for the past couple of months: The Cuisinart Smartstick Hand Blender with Food Processor attachment….
Ah finally some 2011 works that are being published. I am very proud to show you my latest food styling & photography stint for Sango burger. In fact,…
I think one of the greatest challenges of foodstylists in the Philippines is finding great produce. Food that looks like it’s just been picked off the stems or…
My brother had a successful book launch the other day. It’s his first cook book ever called “Meals in Minutes” under Anvil publishing. It’s a very affordable book…
Mye and I decided to do something with peaches…I love peaches! I torched the peaches lightly and boiled some star anise, cinnamon bark and nutmeg into the syrup….
On one of our fun shoots, Mye wanted to shoot ratatouille (why am I not surprised as this girl screams old-Marseilles in her styling). And so, I chopped…
Been wondering for a couple of months where my work with Mye went…until I saw a billboard…a grocery gondola…a couple of posters and a box. For that day,…
The Sydney Fish Market holds a mind-blowing array of edible living creatures from all over the world! I was just overwhelmed by the variety of everything fresh…there were…
Making this chocolate casserole for the shoot was perfect for the Halloween season (given that the chocolate casserole looks like a giant lump of mud!). What makes this…
Alas another extremely challenging shoot! I love jobs that make me sweat and solve problems! Faking soft serve ice cream or frozen yogurt is really challenging. It’s no…
We recently did a shoot with Saba Sardines for their new line of premium canned sardines. Along with Mylene Cheung of Photokitchen, we were going to put the…
There is one thing both my mentors agree on: The more processed/commercial, the better (because they load the thing with so much preservatives, it actually helps us food…
Just a couple of months after meeting, I was absolutely dying to have this personal projects push through with Mylene Cheung of Photo Kitchen (watch out everyone, this…
Finally, something to get me out of the office and the puppy nanny I’ve become. Months after our last email, I finally met Mylene Cheung of Photokitchen (which…