OUR STORY
Our Story
These are my parents on their wedding day. Even though I grew up in the USA, my parents felt it was important to keep our Filipino culture alive. They feed me authentic food from the Philippines and even taught me how to speak Tagalog. I've also been to the PI several times. When you are a client you will taste the cuisine of my country. The history of the land is translated in the food with an influence of flavor from the Chinese, Spanish, Malaysian, & Indonesian. We hope the vibrancy of our food will bring you the same warmth and happiness that I felt as a child when eating my parents cooking, but with a modern, elevated twist.
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Instructor
JAN Z. PARKER IS A WIFE OF A RETIREE IN THE ARMY AND CURRENTLY LIVES IN TACOMA, WA. SHE CREATED A SUCCESSFUL CULINARY PROGRAM AT THE USO RHEIN-MAIN IN GERMANY FOR THE MILITARY COMMUNITY OFFERING A WIDE ARRAY OF CLASSES & EVENTS. JAN GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE WITH A BACHELOR OF CULINARY ARTS MANAGEMENT AND AN ASSOCIATE OF BAKING & PASTRY. HER ALMA MATER SHOWCASED HER WORK IN A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN, “CREATE TOMORROW”.
JAN’S PROFESSIONAL CULINARY EXPERIENCE INCLUDES COOKING AT THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL IN SEATTLE, WORKING ON A PRIVATE ESTATE, AND CATERING ON YACHTS. SHE HAS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOOD NETWORK'S SOUTH BEACH WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL AND THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING SHOW ON PBS, NICK STELLINO COOKING WITH FRIENDS. CHEF JAN LOVES HOW FOOD BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ENJOYS TEACHING ALL LEVELS OF COOKING. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT SHARING WORLD CUISINE FLAVORS AND INGREDIENTS. JAN TAKES PRIDE IN HER ‘COOKING FROM SCRATCH' APPROACH AND INCORPORATES THIS STYLE IN ALL OF HER CREATIONS.
HER PREVIOUS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION WAS MENTORING THE WIESBADEN HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY TEAM FOR THE DODDS EUROPEAN CULINARY COMPETITION. SHE HAS ALSO WORKED WITH PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE LOCAL SPOUSES CLUB, GIRL SCOUTS, MOPS & HOMESCHOOLERS. HER CULINARY EXPERTISE ALLOWED HER TO MAKE FREQUENT APPEARANCES ON THE AFN RADIO NETWORK IN WIESBADEN AND PROVIDE COOKING ADVICE TO ITS LISTENERS. THIS YEAR SHE WILL COMMIT TO EDUCATING PEOPLE ON FILIPINO FOOD CULTURE. HER GOAL IS TO GET HER BOODLE FIGHT POP-UPS TO BE A FREQUENT EVENT IN TACOMA. SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO BEING INVOLVED WITH THE MILITARY & LOCAL COMMUNITY.
CHEF JAN
TESTIMONIALS
I met Chef Parker when I signed up to take a cooking class through the USO in Germany. I always loved to cook so when I came across the announcement I didn’t hesitate to enroll and let me tell you I’m glad I did it, not only did I get to learn new recipes and meet new people, it was a pleasure of meeting Chef Parker, she's not only made us feel comfortable but had a lot of patience and took pride in teaching us how to make lots of good food. After the first class I decided to continue taking classes with her and in one of those courses, I enrolled my husband, a guy who has not cooked anything in his life but to my surprise, he enjoyed it very much and was very pleased with the class and the Chef. He ended up taking one more class with her. Chef Parker engaged everyone in the class making it fun. I will take more classes with her anytime.
Maria A.
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