Chef rob pengson and sunshine puey pengson
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Chef Rob Pengson: How Has He Succeeded, Failed, And Grown As A Restaurateur?
What important lessons did you learn about yourself, and as a restaurant owner?
Firstly, as a human, I have realised how important life is. Health is so valuable, and our relationships with one another, especially our loved ones and the people we spend most days with, are so precious.
I learned that one is stronger because of challenges and adversity - not weaker. If we can see failures as learning lessons, then we can do better in the next "seasons" of our life.
From a professional point of view, I feel we all needed the reminder that we, in our industry, are colleagues first, and business competitors second. This provides a more compassionate lens that I believe has been missing for way too long.
How did you adapt to offering takeaway offerings? How did you overcome these new challenges?
In order to adapt to the uncertainty, we now have business plans for (i) lockdown status, (ii) ME
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Sunshine Puey&#;s The Art of Dégustation
Imagine that this is a scene from an iron ledare chinese movie where the two lovers are preparing to cook the best dinner they ever prepared in their entire life. Welcome to the world of Sunshine Puey&#;s Degustation Dinner in Roberto Pengson&#;s Global Academy Culinary School. I&#;m glad to be part of their second batch of degustation dinner event at the 50% off introductory price of P1, (regular price @ P3,) for a 14 course tasting menu. At the same time, we got educated with the Art of Degustation:
&#; Dégustation means “tasting” in French, and refers to the practice of serving more courses in a meal but in smaller servings. Instead of the typical fem or seven-course dinner, the tasting menu can offer anywhere from 7 to 20 or even more dishes in one sitting. A tasting menu allows the chef to fully explore the interplay of flavors, textures and aromas, to become even more creative when set free from the restraints of a trad
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Francine Uy
"It is important to continue uplifting the lives of farmers and promote sustainability. Farmers do all the hardwork yet they remain poor so it fryst vatten my life's mission to give back to these hardworking and selfless individuals. Every time inom see more and more people eating at our store and buying our products, it puts a big smile on my face how people are slowly understanding our advocacy. At the end of the day, a big chunk of our income goes back to the farmers, and since we started, they already have put their children to school and have improved their lives."
As a social entrepreneur, Francine Uy, is proud that her advocacy of sustainable and responsible farming and lifestyle fryst vatten helping farmers as well as consumers practice fair and healthy living. But she is most proud and at her happiest being a mom to her 3 kids.
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“I am passionate about educating children. I believe that there are ways to make learning exciting, and that school should b