A Chef Abroad... In Pangasinan

As part of my immersion in the Pangasinense culture, I found it fitting to attend seminars and demos around the area. I feel like I should go and take a look at what people actually spend their time on, what their interests are.


So imagine my delight when I was invited to see a cooking demo so I can blog about it. =)

The cooking demo hosted by the capitol government was graced by an international executive chef, Brian Meehan. Chef Brian is Irish but was born in the UK. He told us he studied art, and paints and sculpts in his free time, but was drawn towards becoming a chef mainly because food was his real passion. So he traveled around and worked in hotels in the UK, France, then Bangkok, until finally landing here in the Philippines. For good, we hope.


Most of the audience were HRM students and Pangasinan resorts and hotel owners and their staff.


More than a cooking demo, Chef Brian discussed stuff like careers in the culinary and hospitality industry, what to do and where to go, what your plans and focus should be. If I were an HRM student, I would really take notes as Chef Brian gave such amazing advice.


Then came the demo itself. Chef Brian whipped up a mean Fish and Chips, then fried up a chicken dish as well(I forgot the name, I'm sorry!!!).

Everything was so yummy and tastefully done, we all felt like we were in a real, live cooking show! Helloooo AFC! Haha.


What I loved most was that the dishes were done in less than 15 minutes, which means anyone who doesn't have time to cook or super hungry can whip this up in a jiffy. You know how everything's instant nowadays? This one's close to being instant, though.

So kudos to Chef Brian for an awesome afternoon! I'm sure everyone learned a lot. =)