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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.

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A trip to the Bag Factory

Sorry guys I’ve been so so busy! I actually have about 5 pending posts for my site I haven’t written. But what really excites me is this: We…

Kenny Roger’s new Fillet Meals Shoot

Still dehydrated from my TVC shoot of 1 day before, I came to the studio (Foto Resources) again for the shoot of the 2 meals. I was more…

The Post Office Kidnapped my Snow Leopard

My Very First TVC!

I am proud to announce that I finally had my very first, freelance TVC job (after months of wondering when I would actually have the chance to work…

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…

Kenny’s Urbanite Run

Last Saturday I went over to the Fort to watch the Kenny’s 1st Urbanite Run, it’s just my tiny way of showing support to my clients. I was…

I bought my Macbook Pro from the Apple Store Online Philippines

Ladies and Gentlemen, the craziest online shopper on earth — ME. I am so very happy with the way my first ever online shopping experience turned out. Yes,…

Sheer Excitement: Macbook Pro 17-inch from the Apple Store Online

I am a huge mac fan, after my first Powermac G4 back in college, I never went back. Each of my macs give me the fondest memories: my…

Big C Food Court: Hawker-Quality Food Minus Doubts

Ever since Big C in Bangkok opened, it would always be our first destination on our first lunch during our yearly trips. Big C is a huge supermarket…

Batangas Discovery

Now that all of the news has gotten old, I can finally blog about it. After hours on end of work…making salads, running to check if the buffet…

Cory Pa Rin!

When people die, we usually do an entire lot of praying..Some people send mass cards, some simply show up to pay their respects. But having to bury all…

New Look

I’m not really sure if I should change the look of my blog.I just realized I’ve been blogging for more than a year already, and I started with…

Love Your Own: Pastelleria Mallorca

My grandma, Pilar Gonzalez, established this bakeshop when I was still little. A enterprising woman, my grandma, set-up her home-based bakeshop because of her love for baking. Owning…

Filipino Dinner with Delores Custer

Delores is here again and I wanted to really see her! She just finished her food styling seminar in Sofitel which was a big success. Everytime she’s in…

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…

Cool Mexican @ Ristras in San Juan

I’ve been watching out for what they were opening in that space for a couple of months since I used to hang out in place really near their…

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…

Yes, I am a big fan.

I stayed up all night to watch the biggest memorial since Princess Di…Michael Jackson. Yes, I am a huge huge fan, and I kind of feel a little…

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 Batch 2: Meats

I love watching my students when they see me prep a chicken or a piece of meat in class. Suddenly their eyes light up light kinder kids waiting…

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…

another ice cream play-day

While waiting for my students to finish their final food styling projects, i decided to do a little ice cream on my own. I wanted to get a…

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…

Buenisimo Foodstylin’

Finally, something I did for my restaurant. I’ve been trying to get my schedules open to have more time to go to the restaurant. For the most part,…

Mr. Donut Donut in my head

I have this song in my head, you know that Mr. donut ad they brought out in the late 80’s? “Hey Mister that’s a Mr. donut donut” I…

Still Have a Lot to Learn!

Yesterday was probably my hardest job yet. It looked simple enough — Ces Lopez’s Supreme Brazo de Mercedes Bars. There were 7 layouts, 3 of the layouts had…

Cafe Med…on the beach!

Yes, do you think there is anything special about this post? Everyone knows Cafe Mediterranean. But this dinner in particular seemed to transport me TO the Mediterranean (what…

Midnight Snacking in Bangkok

At 11pm, where street food is almost unheard of here in Manila…is actually one of the coolest hours to go street side-snacking if ever you’re in bangkok. I’ve…

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