Sunshine Puey went to culinary school at Tante Marie’s in San Francisco in 2001 and Ecole Ritz Escoffier in Paris in 2005. She has been working since with over fifteen years’ experience in the culinary industry abroad and here in Manila. She was co-founder of the premier degustation restaurant, The Goose Station, and she is…
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People From Industry We Can Learn From
Anh and Chi Vietnamese, Vancouver
Anh and Chị [/ aĭŋ / ænd / ţi /] in English is “elder brother and elder sister; a respectful form of address for a friend or a even a stranger, man or woman respectively, generally above one’s age; address for fellow members of the same community.” It is also the name of a chic Vietnamese…
Dorothy Ferreria: Entrepreneurship Tips
Meet the Cake Boss. She was ten years old when Dorothy Ferreria took her first cooking lesson with a neighbor. She went on to study with Sylvia Reynoso Gala, Rory Subida of Maya Kitchens, and then with the late Dexter Rebolledo of Dexter’s Bakeshop. Later, she studied at the Wilton School of Cake Decorating and Confectionery Art…
Penk Ching: Entrepreneurship Tips
Penk Ching, owner of Pastry Bin, which supplies bespoke decorated cakes for special occasions, has been in business for thirty-four years. She held a corporate job for more than a decade. Her baking and cake decorating was just a hobby she enjoyed but slowly, as more friends and officemates excitedly asked her to make cakes for…
Beth Romualdez: Entrepreneurship Tips
Beth Romualdez is a highly accomplished woman who has worn many hats— chef, author, restaurateur, entrepreneur. She used to own a printing press and kitchen store. She is passionate about gardening, able to call trees by name; she is a painter, art collector, and a great dancer. [Please don’t tell her I told you that…
Salud De Castro: Entrepreneurship Tips
For this series on Entrepreneurship Tips from Women in the Food Business, we start off with the story of Mrs. Salud Donato de Castro, who was able to juggle a career in the stock market, her food home business, and a growing family. Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of A. T. De Castro Securities Corporation, member of the…
7 Entrepreneurship Tips and Startup Business Education for Women: Carlo Calimon
After completing his MBA (on the Dean’s List) at the Asian Institute of Management in 2003, Carlo Calimon joined LET’S GO Foundation (Leading Entrepreneurs Towards Seizing Global Opportunities), a non-profit, non-stock organization advocating entrepreneurship education for Filipinos of all ages towards the long-term goal of collectively strengthening the country’s economy and uplifting the quality of life of…
Finding Your Purpose with Marianne Mencias (Inspiring Persons of the World)
Marianne Mencias knows what it is like to be doing things while your heart is somewhere else. She worked in the corporate world for six years (at Unilab) but an indistinct emptiness lingered as she felt a tug towards becoming a professional Life’s Skill Trainer. She has always been passionate about Purpose and she knew she…
A Sumptuous Manger Experience with Mimi Thorisson (Inspiring People of the World)
I used to hang out with my co-parent, Maura Ruzzier, when she used to live in Manila. Our children, her Alice and my Matthew, were in the same class at an international school and at one time went to the prom together. Maura and I both love cooking for our families, recommend ingredients to each…
Nathan Allen: An Asset to Philippine Tourism (Touched by Inspiring Persons of the World)
Huffington Post UK named Nathan Allen (I Dreamed of This) as #2 World’s ToWorld’s Top Male Travel Bloggers Male Travel Bloggers. This is what that article said about his blog: His blog and photos of life in the Philippines is pure dreamy and most definitely helping to promote the country as one of the world’s best tourist…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 