The Mission of Metiz

Chef Stephan Duhesme infuses his perpsective on what it means to cook our local cuisine

- Isabel Martel Francisco

Metiz is a Filipino restaurant; don’t be mistaken. What makes its chef, Stephan Duhesme, stand out is his redefinition of our country’s cuisine. He explains: “If I need to make adobo or sinigang just to have a Filipino restaurant, then we will never think progressively as a nation.” This chef (like other notable culinary talents) pays homage to the classics, revisits them, and then innovates. As such, he has turned Metiz into a place for gastronomes, for people who understand the fluidity of flavor and can appreciate the growth of a culture.