Top Chefs from Across the Country Travel to San Francisco for Inaugural Savor Filipino Event - August 30, 2014

The idea is to taste, cook, learn, sip, and enjoy the Filipino foodie experience. Visit Justin Herman Plaza this Labor Day weekend to see the future of the latest food craze. Watch chefs demonstrate classic dishes and traditional recipes with modern flair. Culinary experts such as authors, professors, confectioners, sustainable growers, and more will discuss the evolution of Asian food popularity in the United States. Savor Filipino is founded by the Filipino Food Movement and sponsored by Ramar Foods.

Savor Filipino is the first event designed towards introducing Filipino food to the masses. While other Asian cuisines such as Sushi, Chinese, and Thai are considered mainstream, Filipino food is on the brink of pushing through to a broad audience, and Savor Filipino is the live catalyst hoping to push through.

This event is for you if you enjoy gourmet and global street food. Justin Herman Plaza will be transformed into a complete tour of Filipino food paradise, made for the San Francisco community. Six tent pavilions will feature something for everyone.

THE GARDEN PAVILLION: Will serve locally sourced vegan and vegetarian options. Samplings include items such as fresh vegetable lumpia summer rolls, Adobong Kangkong, which is water spinach stir fried in traditional Filipino flavors including vinegar, garlic, and soy sauce. Ginataang Sitaw (geena-ta-ahng see-tahw), a delicious sautée of local long beans with organic coconut milk, and Pinakbet, a tangy vegetable stir fry.

CHEF | Location | Restaurant

CHARLEEN CAABAY | OAKLAND, CA | Kainbigan | Chef Video

JAY-AR PUGAO | Oakland, CA | No Worries Filipino Vegan Cuisine

PULUTAN PAVILION: “Pulutan” means finger food, quick bites, and is sometimes interpreted as street food in the Philippines. At this pavilion, local chefs will dish up scrumptious single servings of BBQ, sisig tacos, kinilaw (Filipino ceviche), and the infamous balut for the brave (hard-boiled duck egg delicacy).

TIM LUYM | San Mateo, CA | Attic Restaurant | Chef Video

MIGUEL TRINIDAD | New York, NY | Maharlika NYC

RAMAR FOODS | Pittsburg, CA

FIESTA PAVILION: Shares Filipino’s love of hosting and social gatherings. Dishing up what you find at a wedding or other another large celebration; such as Lechon (roasted pig), Pancit (extra fine rice noodle stir fry), and Embotido (Filipino meatloaf).

TASTEBUDS RESTARAUNT | San Bruno, CA

ROBERT MENOR | Chicago, IL | Coobah

CHASE AND CHAD VALENCIA | Los Angeles, CA | LASA

NEIL SYHAM | Brooklyn, NY | Lumpia Shack

KARINDERIA PAVILION: Serves as Savor Filipino’s formal dining space, serving flavorful soups and stews such as Sinigang and Kare Kare, perfectly warm for San Francisco summers. You’ll also find the national dish, Adobo, and Dinuguan, a delicious rustic stew of pork offal.

AC BORAL | San Diego, CA | I Love Musubi

ERIC PASCUAL | Emeryville, CA

MICHAEL SANTOS | Manila, PHILIPPINES | Speakeasy Makati

JESSETTE KALSI | Napa, CA | Jessette’s Kitchen

DESSERT PAVILION: will satisfy sweet tooth’s with fun Filipino twists on San Francisco favorites. Menu will include purple yam, avocado and coconut ice cream; Bibingka - delicious rice flour & coconut cake; Filipino style leche flan; and even a unique Asian twist on freshly spun cotton candy.

AUNTIE EM’S | San Francisco, CA

CHRISTINE CAPULONG | San Francisco, CA | Flan Flan Ta-Tas

JASON ANGELES | San Francisco, CA | Sugar & Spun

MAGNOLIA ICE CREAM | Pittsburg, CA

BOOZE: No proper foodie experience would be complete without a libations experience. Featuring award winning Infanta lambanog, specialty vodka fermented from coconut, this pavilion will include modern Filipino cocktails and mixology demonstrations as well as locally sourced wine and beer for sale.

Chef Workshops KULINARYA PAVILION: Want to learn how beautiful Filipino flavors come together? Chefs will be demonstrating traditional, fusion, and modern Filipino food for all event goers to see. However, to taste the chef prepared meal, only 50 tasting tickets per workshop will be available. Tasting pass presales available at www.savorfilipino.com.

10:00 AM PRESS & VIP DEMONSTRATION

11:00 AM APL.DE.AP | Los Angeles, CA | Musical Artist for Black Eyed Peas

NOON - Mainstage presentation

1:00 PM Vegan Filipino - RICHGAIL ENRIQUEZ | San Francisco, CA |

2:00 PM Food Fight! Top Chef vs. Home Chef - DOMINIC AINZA | San Francisco, CA |Facebook HQ Chef vs. AILEEN SUZARA | Berkeley, CA | Kitchen Wento

3:00 PM Fine Filipino Dining - THOMAS WEIBULL | San Francisco, CA | Executive Chef of Morgan Hotels Group

4:00 PM Main Stage Program

5:00 PM Nouveau Filipino Desserts - FRANCIS ANG | San Francisco, CA | Fifth Floor Restaurant at Palomar Hotel

The final chefs participating list has just been released and include the who’s who of the Filipino foodie community.

Staying true to Savor Filipino’s Bay Area roots. All food served will abide by San Francisco’s social and ecological consciousness.

The mission of the event is to share the love of Filipino food and to define for the American mainstream what the cuisine is, how to prepare it, and where it comes from.

“If the kitchen is the heart of a home, then cuisine is at the heart of a culture,” shares P.J. Quesada, Ramar Foods’ family business’ third generation owner and Filipino food expert. “We dream of a day, one day, when there is a Filipino restaurant in every city. When one asks, what’s for dinner? Filipino will become a viable option alongside Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Indian.”

Filipinos comprise the second-largest Asian immigrant group in the U.S., next only to Chinese. Over the past 50 years, the Filipino-American population has grown to 3.4 million and represents the fourth largest immigrant group in the United States by country of origin behind Mexico, China, and India according to the U.S. census.

Social:

Facebook Events Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/560860174034277/

● www.Facebook.com/TheFilipinoFoodMovement

● www.Twitter.com/SavorFilipino

● www.Instagram.com/SavorFilipino

● #SavorFilipino

● #FilipinoFoodMovement

For VIP press passes, interview opportunities, pre-event food samples, press materials, or further information, please contact Leigh-Anne Anderson Miller PR, (310) 990 5752 or leighanne@AndersonMillerPr.com