| Started the culinary arts studio in 1970 at parents’ home at 10 Ipil Road, Forbes Park, Makati up to 1983. Then from there moved on to set up her own school at 181 Shaw Blvd., Pasig City where she, her two children (Morella and Ernest) and her eldest sister, Leni hold classes at present.A GOLD MEDALIST DIPLOMA graduate from the ACADEMIA DE GASTRONOMOS, MADRID, SPAIN in 1964 and also an AB Foreign Service graduate from Assumption Convent in 1968. Studied at INSTITUT CHATEAU BEAU-CEDRE, MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND, 6 Culinary Schools in Hongkong and a FULL-COURSE THAI COOKING graduate of THE ORIENTAL HOTEL, BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Currently a food columnist, along with her two children, at the PHILIPPINE STAR, MANILA BULLETIN (PANORAMA MAGAZINE WEEKLY), and CELEBRITY RECIPES MAGAZINE. A Food consultant for San Miguel-Purefoods, HUNT’S Universal Robina, PANASONIC Kitchen Appliances, Century Canning Corp., Snow Mountain Dairy Corp., Commonwealth Foods, Sambrosa Foods and Tork Paper Products.
Married to coconut plantation owner and real estate broker, LUISMIL DE VILLA GALA of Sariaya, Quezon. |