Happy June, everyone! Can you believe we’ve already reached the second half of 2017?! Time sure flies! Well on  June 16 and 17, we are celebrating the mid-year by bringing in Turkish celebrity chef Maksut Askar of Neolokal in Istanbul to Manila! Chef Maksut is […]

My events platform Cross Cultures hosted our first ever 3 Michelin-starred collaboration with Hertog Jan from Belgium, and one of my favorite restaurants in the Philippines, Toyo Eatery  during the period of Madrid Fusion Manila, as part of the Dinner with the Stars and Flavors […]

Yes, the third Madrid Fusion Manila took place last April 6 to 8, and it was definitely one of the busiest times for the country’s food community. For three days, the part-conference, part-trade show took place at SMX, where chefs behind Michelin-star-studded and World’s/ Asia’s 50 Best […]

And… once again, as part of Madrid Fusion Manila’s Flavors of the Philippines and Dinner with the Stars, on April 8  (Saturday), Cross Cultures is having our first TEN HANDS DINNER!! Featuring Odette in Singapore, Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain, Locavore in Bali and our […]

Hello, hello! The third year of Madrid Fusion Manila is just around the corner and my events platform Cross Cultures is thrilled to be collaborating with our first 3-Michelin-starred restaurant, the fabulous Hertog Jan, all the way from Bruges, Belgium! Even more reason to celebrate, Hertog Jan just […]

We just capped off 2 back-to-back nights for our latest Cross Cultures collaboration featuring Andrew Walsh of Cure in Singapore and Nicco Santos of Hey Handsome in the Philippines. That’s #CureXHeyHandsome and #CrossCulturesByCherylTiu if you wanna have a scroll on Instagram. I recently wrote about […]

Hello, hello! Yes, our first Cross Cultures event for 2017 is happening this March 21 and 22. For this collaboration, we are bringing together chefs Andrew Walsh of Cure in Singapore and Nicco Santos of Hey Handsome in the Philippines for a two-night event, held […]

A lot of people travel to the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain so they can dine at Nerua. The restaurant helmed by Josean Alija,  often referred to as the “master of minimalist cuisine,” has a Michelin star and currently sits as the #55 […]

Last July 13 and 14 were really important to me as I staged my first Cross Cultures (the events platform I founded under this website) outside of the Philippines… and in HONG KONG! Firstly, I need to reiterate that as Cross Cultures was founded on the premise that food […]

My events platform Cross Cultures has had the privilege of bringing and collaborating with some of the best chefs and food movements from around the world, in the Philippines. This time, it’s reverse– we are bringing Filipino food overseas– and first stop, is HONG KONG!