The Revelation: GAME ON!

I think it was on October 22, 2010 when the opportunity had opened for me. I was about to meet mom and she chose to dine in this restaurant where Ate Nikki (my sister's friend) is a part owner of. The ambiance was really superb and my sister told me that it was refurbish so that people wouldn't think of it as a too classy and expensive restaurant. I was just expecting a dinner. Just dinner. Even when Ate Nikki came, I was still expecting "just dinner". But when she told me that she could bring me to their kitchen and let me meet the chefs, I was in high spirits. :) Then at the kitchen, Ate Nikki told me that I could be a trainee in their restaurant if I will my resume to their HR. BOOOOM. In as much as I would want to jump, I can't because the place was really elegant looking. (Hahahaha) Instead, I was really smiling hard that I think my jaw will break. 

After almost 3 months...

Yes, I will be a trainee under the culinary expertise of the chefs of Marciano's. :)

This is my big revelation. And yes, it is big because it has been my dream to experience the professional way of cooking. Through the years, I have been cooking in our home in Pampanga for my family usually with my mom. I was learning the art and science of cooking through my mom which I am very thankful for because she really has taught me a lot. And also through her I was able to develop this passion that I have. 

Like most aspiring chefs, I would watch several cooking/lifestyle shows which would help me to do better through the different techniques and styles of cooking different ingredients. Cooking reality shows, on the other hand, are inspiration, most especially the recent cooking reality show craze Masterchef. Through this show I was more determined to pursue this ambition. Just like those amateur chefs in the show, they are/were in a completely different field but because of their passion and willingness to learn culinary, they were able to be part of the selected few. They were able to show to billions of people that everybody can cook as long as you have the heart that you can put along with your ingredients. 

I may not be part of a cooking reality show (but I would want to if there's a chance), but this great opportunity is already good enough because it would open me to new experience in the world of culinary. 

This is the second step, (first was the challenge to be my mom's assistant/proxy in kitchen duties at home) to this lifelong dream. 

To my excitement, I already tried looking for the chef's uniform the minute I was told that I could start work. When I was trying the uniform, I was so happy looking at myself wearing it for the first time. It was almost a dream come true for me. :) I am just hoping that I will be a good trainee the way I look good on my uniform. I would like to give justice to the expensive uniform. Hahahaha! We'll see about that on Monday! :)


I am still very nervous about this apprenticeship to the point that it overpowers the excitement I should feel. Nevertheless, GAME ON!