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Alain Ducasse Visits Tuloy Foundation

By | Foodie, Giving Back | 3 Comments

Heart2Heart not only loves Alain Ducasse for his great contribution to the culinary world but also because he came all the way to the Philippines to give back to society and we are so lucky he chose the Philippines to be one of the beneficiaries, to Tuloy Foundation in particular.  When he arrived, he paid a visit to the foundation and they warmly welcomed him to the Tuloy family.  It was such a touching event.  I am so happy to have witnessed this.  God bless Alain Ducasse for his kind and generous heart.  I made an amateur video just to put together the photos and the beautiful song number the kids prepared for Chef Alain

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The chapel is so beautiful!!  You really have to come over to see it 

Alain Ducasse arrives and is welcomed by the children

Thank you to Enderun Colleges for also being a part of this great endeavor.  Thank you Jack Tuason, co founder of Enderun Colleges




The building where all the classrooms are.  There are 927 kids.  There are 10 buildings with 30 kids per building.  Each building is self contained.  The place is very organized and very clean and orderly

Gymnasium

Where all the kids assembled and performed for Alain Ducasse

Presentation of the Chef’s uniform for Chef Alain Ducasse from the Tuloy Foundation Culinary Center

One of the students made a sketch of Chef Alain and gave it to him that day


Welcome to the family




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There are 20 per batch and this is already the 4th batch

Laurent Plantier, CEO of the Alain Ducasse Enterprise

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Fr. Rocky Evangelista, founder of Tuloy Foundation.  He told me that he acquired the land in 1999 and it took him two years to sean it up since it was a garbage dump. He said that there are three qualifications to be a Tuloy Foundation student – You must be hopelessly poor, You want to have a better life and are willing to obey the rules.   There is a Mancom to manage the daily affairs of the foundation and the Board sets the vision.  I also met Tony, a generous donor to Tuloy Foundation.  He teaches English to the students and he also takes 3 to 4 students to a restaurant of their choice every Sunday so they can also taste and be able to dine out in a real restaurant 🙂  

Chef Dimitri Amouroux – Head of Pedagogy, Ducasse Education

Chef Jerome Lacressoniere who prepared the charity dinner 
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Meal prepared by the students for Chef Alain Ducasse and all of us who were there



The students of the Culinary school do On The Job Training ( OJT ) in some companies and some are hired by them after graduation.  One actual example is Village Gourmet.  Thank you Noye and Nicole Fandino for sharing these photos at Heart2Heart.  They are one of the generous and loyal benefactors of Tuloy and Fr. Rocky and they continuously help Father Rocky in his 


10 Tuloy Scholars are starting their culinary training at Ducasse Institute Philippines at Enderun Colleges on Monday, April 7.  You can still sponsor a Tuloy scholar by buying raffle tickets:  one ticket will sponsor lunch for one week; 5 tickets will buy a complete set of kitchen uniform; and 2 tickets will cover roundtrip transportation cost from Muntinlupa for a week.  On top of that, you’ll get a chance to win wonderful prizes!  This is your opportunity to help former street children from Tuloy Foundation jumpstart their career in the culinary arts.  Click below for a more readable version of the details of the raffle

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Vyne

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There was Hyve, then Skye and now there is Vyne 🙂

Located beside Hyve.  For now they are open from 5:30 pm onwards till early morning.  Soon they will be opening for lunch

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There are many partners but there were three that day we had lunch there – JP Enriquez, Denise Hui and Ferdi Salvador.  JP loves to cook so for sure he is involved in the food part of the place and Denise was instrumental in Skye and considers it her baby.  

According to them, this is a passion project for them.  They put a lot of their heart and soul into this.  They take turns and have shifts to be in the place so expect to see one of the partners during your visit.  Congratulations guys!! 

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Love the graffiti on the walls


There are two private rooms

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I love this guy because he is so much fun to be with.  He is so funny and I love funny people 🙂  He is also of course always so stylish and so proper and has impeccable taste in everything 

To my dear Ferdi, congratulations!!  

Beautiful view

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Outside seating

Here he is again 🙂

This place is a nice extension of Hyve and it’s nice because it is outdoors with a beautiful view

Chef Jerome is the one behind the food at Vyne.  With Chef Rob Pengson as an industrial partner, he is of course in charge of the culinary side.  He brought with him his Sous Chef from The Goose Station, Chef Jerome.  He is amazing!!  They say the food is World Fusion and expect it to be very creative.  I love creative, I love unique tastes and I love new tastes and combinations.  Aside from the menu here, they have an early morning breakfast which is for the people who stay till early in the morning.  They are considering making it an all day breakfast menu so hopefully I will get to try that too one of these days when I return

They have plenty tapas – 13 of them!  All yummy!!!  It would be nice to come over even just for tapas and drinks.  You will love them!!!

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 This was my first time to try mantao and I love it! Love these two tapas that has manta 





Don’t forget to squeeze the shrimp head for the juices to come out! Love this dish!




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I was able to try the apple salad and it is so good!! I love the yogurt that goes with the cheese and apple and cranberry!!!

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The Foie and Mushroom Burger or the OMG burger 🙂

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Chicken Roulade

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Pork Confit

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Octopus and Scallops

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Salmon
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Recycling Pallets

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It’s Earth Day month!!  I saved all my GREEN posts for this month 🙂  I am starting with this feature on pallets!  I have several pallets which come from shipments and we sell them for a minimal fee to some buyers.  But it’s actually interesting what you can do with them!  I had the guys in the house make these 🙂  Still unfinished of course but there is a table, some crates to organise stuff in the house, a bed for the dog and a tray 

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My friend Ned got some and he made it into a fence for his pet goats 🙂  

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My cousin Tara!  She got a few as well

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And she was able to make a coffee table 

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The second time around she made use of them for displaying her artworks for Art in the Park!  It’s amazing how she does everything herself!! The sexy pallet maker 🙂  

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 An article by Anton Barreto  

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You can google and you will find many many ideas on what you can do with pallets!!
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Diego – Bautista Wedding Reception

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We attended an exquisite wedding of the sister of our good friend, Jeanne.  It’s nice when there’s a family event that she always allocates a table for her friends and we are always included 🙂  


Love the mini lampshades 

Cocktails before entering the ballroom

Congratulations John and Jennie

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Loved the decorations in the reception

Our group with Tito Frank and Tita Mila who were Principal sponsors for the couple

Presidential table

Our table

A surprise flash mob dance for the couple!!!! We were wondering why there were two guys who were not part of the group sitting in the table.  Apparently the dancers were planted in different tables.  Then the entourage and some friends danced in front!  Watch the video

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A parade of waiters bringing the food

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Burpees 0 Likes

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I wake very early in the morning three times a week to do burpees!! Am I crazy?? 🙂  I don’t like it but I have to do it and I heard it’s a great exercise that benefits the whole body

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If you look at this, you won’t want to eat any if you have to do hundreds of burpees to burn them off!!! I can only do 7 burpees in 30 seconds haha!! 
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My bootcamp mate, Laura and her husband Juampi are the experts at burpees – they can do three burpees while I am finishing my one! Yikes!!  Here’s an article written by Laura on our favourite exercise 
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Videos from Laura’s article

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