2. ERICA I. LOMOTAN
HRS 1-E

4.  Educated at the
Culinary Institute of
America, he worked in
France and Australia
before setting up a
catering business and
eventually opened
Bistro Filipino in
2006.

5.  Trained at the Culinary
Institute of
America, Chef Sau has
helped open hotel
restaurants in
Singapore, Shanghai
and France; Chef Sau is
also a former chef at
the EDSA Shangri-la
Hotel, New World
Hotel, and the Manila
Peninsula; The former
chef of Museum Café
and Chelsea, Chef Sau
now creates the dishes
at Le Bistro Vert in
Makati.

6.  Chef Paulo worked
for C2 Classic
Cuisine, the Linden
Suites and set up
Multinational Catering
Services which he
managed until 2003;
Chef Paulo is now the
corporate sous chef
of Unilever
Foodsolutions.

7.  Educated at Le
Cordon Bleu
Australia; Executive
chef of catering
company, Chef
Cuisine; Chef Him also
does consultancy
work for restaurants
which include East
Café and Travel Café
Philippines.

8.  Chef Jeroen has
worked in the food
industry in the last
decade as chef and
consultant to Dome
Café, Pizza Hut and
7-Eleven, among
others; owner and
chef of Pepper Lunch
Philippines.

9.  Zubiri began her
career in cooking as a
caterer, with her
mother as one of her
first mentors. She is
presently giving
lifestyle classes that
incorporate culinary
arts and the
epicurean belief of
wine and meals as a
way to friendship.

10.  Educated at Le
Cordon Bleu in
Australia; Chef
Tonyboy is the owner
and chef of Antonio's
in Tagaytay.

11.  Chef Rosebud
Benitez is the
resident chef of
QTV’s former cooking
show hit – Quickfire.
Chef Rosebud
originally was part of
Ka-Toque, which was
the network’s first
culinary program that
featured several
young chefs cooking
side-by-side.

12.  Villiatora gained fame
as a top contender in
the Top Chef TV
show, but he has long
been involved in the
kitchens of
Hawaii, starting as a
dish washer.
Today, Villiatora is
cooks with chefs from
around the world and
focuses on ethnic
dishes from Hawaii. He
also works as an
Executive Chef in the

13.  Po works as an
executive for the
Cinderella Marketing
Corporation, but is
recognized by the
Philippine media as an
excellent home-based
chef. Married to
Century Tuna’s Leo
Po, Marielle is known
for her innovations in
various basic dishes.

14.  Chef Heny Sison is the
country’s most popular
pastry chef. She got
her culinary training at
several cake decorating
and confectionary
school in the US
including the Wilton
School of cake
decorating and
confectionary in
Illinois, L’Academie de
Cuisine in Maryland and
the Culinary Institute
of America in California
to name a few.

15.  Hailed as one of the
best-looking chef on
TV, Chef Rob Pengson
earned his degree from
the California Culinary
Academy in San
Francisco. He is part
owner of Rock Salt in
Quezon City and owner
of Goose Station with
his wife Chef Sunshine
Puey in Taguig.

16.  Sandique gained fame as a
pastry chef, but is also
adept in other culinary
fields. She has received
education from various food
celebrities and institutions
such as Nick Malgieri who
heads Peter Kump’s Cooking
School New York, Mark
Furstenberg of the Culinary
Institute of America, and
the Notters from the
International School of
Confection. She is doing
research on rice dishes and
works as a consultant for
large bakery chains in the
country.

17.  Gonzalez has done
extensive work in the
Filipino culinary
scene, not only cooking
Filipino dishes for
renowned guests and
celebrities, but also
publishing award winning
cookbooks.
Today, Gonzalez has a line
of restaurants that he
manages himself. He also
works as a consultant for
top hotel lines and does
research for food
recipes. Gonzales is the
head of the Center for
Asian Culinary Studies.

18.  The world knows her as the
executive chef for the White
House and the First
Family, but Comerford was
first a chef for her
family, where she helped her
mother prepare dishes for
her ten other siblings.
Comerford cooked for both
the Bush family and the
Obama family. She has a
diploma in Food Technology
from UP, and has worked for
hotels and restaurants in the
United States and Europe.

19.  Chef Boy is the
second child in the
brood of eight of
fisherman Justaniano
Logro and wife
Consorcia , Chef Boy
had very humble
beginnings.