What is your favourite film/TV show on gastronomy?
MF: Babette’s Feast, The Big Night, Like Water for Chocolate, and I guess, although it’s biased, My Italy with Margarita.
AF: Ratatouille and Culinary Class Wars.
Who are your culinary heroes?
MF: Pellegrino Artusi, Martha Stewart, Victor Arguinzoniz, Massimo Bottura, Vicente Lobaton the kinilaw maestro
AF: Anthony Bourdain
What are you looking forward to in 2025?
MF: Opening Margarita, finally.
AF: My wedding.
What five things must you have in your pantry/refrigerator?
MF: Great quality taba ng talangka (baby crab fat), batitis (baby oysters in brine from my grandmother’s hometown Valladolid in Negros Occidental), French or Italian butter, bottarga di muggine from Sardegna, ‘nduja, 36-month Parmigiano Reggiano vacche rosse, fruity Ligurian extra-virgin olive oil, lots of great pasta, Cantabrian anchovies, Colatura. Sorry, it’s more…
