Eat like a celebrity

ON SEPT. 18, a chef who has cooked for celebrities was treated like one, with San Juan rolling out the red carpet at Guevarra’s for Princess Anne Uy.

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L-R: A Pi tilde;acolada Pavlova by chef Marc Nacua, with his wife chef Princess Anne Uy and her Umami Lechon Belly Roll.

Ms. Uy laughed in an interview with BusinessWorld when she remembered being asked by Australians if she was a real princess back home: she would reply that she didn’t wear a cape, but an apron. But the chef, who caters at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium (after stints at Nobu and Crown Casino) has had her own brushes with celebrity.

Ms. Uy and her husband, Marc Nacua, were at Guevarra’s by Chef Laudico in San Juan last week for the 5^th edition of Taste of the Philippines: A Global Culinary Journey, a collaboration series by chefs Rolando “Lau” Laudico and his wife Jacqueline, the owners of Guevarra’s, among other restaurants. Mr. Laudico is also known for his TV stints on the local franchise for MasterChef. The collaboration, which continues “until supplies last” is a partnership with Nutribullet.

Due to Ms. Uy’s position at one of Australia’s largest performing venues, she’s given a taste of her cooking to some of the world’s most famous. She recalled serving the British band Coldplay: “They're very good with sustainability, so they like seafood and vegetables. In the whole stadium, we cannot use any plastic.”

During her stint at Nobu, she recalled feeding star Nicki Minaj: “She loves sushi (and) anything with tempura,”