Filipina White House Chef Cristeta Comerford, with teammate Bobby Flay, emerged as the winners of the popular television show, Iron Chef America, beating celebrity chef Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse according to NowPublic.com. (video after the break)
Comerford and Flay countered with dishes featuring a fennel and apple salad with oyster; garden salad with lobster and crispy squid; a delightful broccoli clam chowder (that Mrs. Comerford said was Filipino-inspired); a 7-vegetable All-American barbecue dish that incorporated grilled pork, collard greens tamale, cauliflower cheese, and pickled watermelon radish. (Source: ABS-CBNnews.com)
Chef Comerford is a Food Technology Graduate of UP , the White House’s first Asian-American and first female Executive Chef, a position which she has held since 2005. She grew up in Sampaloc, Manila.
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Bravo!!! love it! Congratulations to Bobby Flay and to our very own Cristeta Comerford!!!
Mabuhay ka Chef Cristina….We filipinoes are very proud of you!
As a Filipino Canadian Chef who does asian fusion food and the owner of 3 restaurants. I am humbled by your accomplishments…Congratulations Chef Cristina. I was always a proud Filipino, I am ever prouder still
YES ! FILIPINOS CAN BE THE BEST OF THE BEST WHEN THEY WANT TO. CHEERS TO CHEF CRISTETA, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU !
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