Hi guys, what a time for all of us. I sincerely hope that wherever in the world you are, you and your loved ones are keeping safe and healthy. I’ve been in Miami, Florida since mid-January. I was supposed to fly back home to Manila […]

#GAAINMANILA was the hashtag last September 3 and 4, 2019 when Asia’s Best Female Chef 2019 Garima Arora’s Gaa restaurant in Bangkok took over Discovery Primea’s Flame restaurant– my events platform Cross Cultures’ first event back in the Philippines in two years! Special thanks to […]

Hi guys! It’s been a while since my events platform Cross Cultures had an event in the Philippines but on September 3 and 4, 2019, we will be having Asia’s Best Female Chef 2019 Garima Arora of Gaa in Bangkok (No. 16 on Asia’s 50 […]

Hi Miami!!! We are so excited to partner once again with Yuzu Miami at St. Roch Market, helmed by chef Andrew Zarzosa, with my events platform Cross Cultures, on our second leg to highlight Filipino cuisine in Miami this September 10 to 14. For this special week, […]

Hi Boston!!! It’s such an honor for my events platform Cross Cultures to be collaborating with the prestigious Berklee College of Music’s partner restaurant B3 this September 18 (Tuesday). B3 normally serves American South cuisine but for this special evening (US$65 per head), executive chef Jeffrey Salazar, will […]

Hi everyone! My events platform Cross Cultures’ (yes, it has its own website now!) first event for 2018 is also our first… in the United States of America!!! This month, in Miami, Florida, we are working with one of the nicest, humblest chefs– the very talented Andrew Zarzosa of Yuzu […]

One of my 2017 highlights was bringing our Filipino cuisine– specifically, lechon (suckling pig) to Singapore, with my events platform, Cross Cultures, along with the Philippines’ Lechon Diva, Pepita’s Kitchen (headed by Dedet dela Fuente), and our partner in the Lion City, Horse’s Mouth (headed by Russell […]

Hi everyone! For my events platform, CROSS CULTURES’ last event for 2017, we are bringing the Philippines’ lechon diva, Pepita’s Kitchen to SINGAPORE for a two-night pop-up at Horse’s Mouth on Orchard Road– on November 6 and 7. Anthony Bourdain (I saw it with my own eyes […]

Happy June, everyone! Can you believe we’ve already reached the second half of 2017?! Time sure flies! Well on  June 16 and 17, we are celebrating the mid-year by bringing in Turkish celebrity chef Maksut Askar of Neolokal in Istanbul to Manila! Chef Maksut is […]

My events platform Cross Cultures hosted our first ever 3 Michelin-starred collaboration with Hertog Jan from Belgium, and one of my favorite restaurants in the Philippines, Toyo Eatery  during the period of Madrid Fusion Manila, as part of the Dinner with the Stars and Flavors […]