the kitchen is my playground: i'm back

It's been 2 years since I last posted in this blog, i think the last time i even posted in my blog was 2 previous home address ago. After typhoon Sendong we rented a place for 8 months until we moved uptown. I've been a chef instructor, a saucier/prep cook in an Italian restaurant, establishment consultant, endorser to my friend's business, do a lot of cooking for a feeding program and everything in between. We won last August 2nd place for Del Monte Set menu for the Kumbira - the longest Culinary show in the country with colleagues Chef Ben Castor and Chef Allen Cassanova. Our student's for 2 straight years won second (and we're one of the youngest school then) during the Mindanao Chef's war - of course with the training they get from Chef Roseller Fiel II and Maam Shiela -- they would really get the best training there is.

the first victory of ICI Culinary Arts for Mindanao Chef's War - Silver Medal to our Students Ming, Alex and Mike with their trainors Chef Fiel, Maam Shiela and Chef

our Batch 1, 2 and 3 Students having fun in the kitchen

training days in Italiannis Abreeza Mall as Prep Cook/Saucier

ID For Kumbira 2013

my Chef's uniform as an instructor

Pizza Class with Batch 3 and my colleagues - Chef Ben, Chef Allen and Chef Fiel

after the cooking competition for Del Monte Set Menu with Chef Ben and Chef Allen

Pizza Class with Batch 3 and my colleagues - Chef Ben, Chef Allen and Chef Fiel

Batch 2&3 Graduation and Batch 4 toque Ceremony

the night before the Mindanao Chef's War 2013, we made them cook like 2x before resting for the next day's competition, Chef Fiel was already stressed out so we made the torturing ourselves - me and Chef Allen