Rosebud Benitez is a Filipino celebrity chef

Celebrity chef

A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Historically, celebrity chefs have included Antoine Carême and Martino da Como.-External...

 and the host of Quickfire

Quickfire (TV show)

Quickfire: 10-Minute Kitchen Wonders is a short-format television cooking show aired several times daily on GMA News TV, a subsidiary station of the GMA Network in the Philippines. The show only runs for a maximum of 10 minutes per airing and showcases recipes by its host, celebrity chef Rosebud...

, a 10-minute television cooking show aired several times daily on GMA News TV

GMA News TV

GMA News TV is a news and lifestyle-oriented channel in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. through the supervision GMA News and Public Affairs...

 (formerly known as Q), a subsidiary station of the GMA (Global Media Arts) Network, Inc

GMA Network

GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...

. The show is considered to be one of the most easily recognizable productions of the alternative network, with an offshoot bestselling DVD compilation of highlight episodes. Prior to Quickfire, Rosebud was part of the culinary group program Ka-Toque, Q’s first-of-a-kind that spawned a whole new generation of broadcast cuisine productions and chef-hosts. Though wedged within a smorgasbord of equally sociable young chefs in Ka-Toque, Rosebud became the first in the group to be given a solo show and the only non-actor to be invited by GMA Artist Center

GMA Artist Center

GMA Artist Center is a major talent agency and producer in the Philippines that was founded by Felipe Gozon. GMAAC provides actors and directors for film outfits such as for Regal Entertainment and for GMA Films, and singers for GMA Records...

 to join its register of contract stars.

After graduating from the prestigious Center for Culinary Arts, Manila

Center for Culinary Arts, Manila

Center for Culinary Arts, Manila is the pioneer in providing culinary education in the Philippines. CCA, Manila was formally established in 1996 and is currently located in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines. CCA, Manila has satellite campuses in Farmers Market, Cubao; a Restaurant School...

, Rosebud (who goes by the moniker “Chef Mom”) has become a popular public culinary figure in the Philippines: gracing billboards for food company Ajinomoto

Ajinomoto

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 and achieving status as a most requested chef to conduct cooking demos for corporate events and TV programs. She has hosted and anchored several media and live events and appeared as guest in several TV productions of varying formats and genres. She has also been featured in lifestyle magazines, broadsheets, photo exhibits, and food blogs on wmn.ph; selected as one of the seven society women to represent the scent of S.T. Dupont

ST Dupont

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 Rose in Manila; nominated in the 2009 and 2010 PMPC Star Awards for TV

PMPC Star Awards for TV

PMPC Star Awards for TV is annual award giving body recognizing the outstanding programming produced by the several TV networks every year. It was founded by the association of the Philippine Movie Press Club in 1987...

; and honored as one of People Asia’s “Women of Style and Substance” for 2009.

Chef Rosebud Benitez lives in Quezon City, Philippines with her children Katrina and Kyle.

Television

• Quickfire (as solo host, 2008 to present), GMA News TV
  GMA News TV
  GMA News TV is a news and lifestyle-oriented channel in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. through the supervision GMA News and Public Affairs...
  
  

External links

• Yummy Magazine: Features: “Chef Rosebud Benitez”
• Pinay Celebrity Online: “Quickfire Chef-Host Rosebud Benitez—My Favorite Chef”
• Spot.Ph: “10 Prettiest Chefs in Manila”
• The Philippine Star: “Cook it up with Rosebud”
• Philippine Daily Inquirer: Entertainment: “Celeb chef cooks up new home look”
• Telebisyon.Net: “Quickfire’s easy-to-cook dishes out on video”
• GMA Pinoy TV: “Quickfire”
• GMA Entertainment Site
• Center for Culinary Arts, Manila
  Center for Culinary Arts, Manila
  Center for Culinary Arts, Manila is the pioneer in providing culinary education in the Philippines. CCA, Manila was formally established in 1996 and is currently located in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines. CCA, Manila has satellite campuses in Farmers Market, Cubao; a Restaurant School...
  
  
• Quickfire on Multiply
• Chef Rosebud Benitez on Tumblr
• Chef Rosebud Benitez on Twitter
• Chef Rosebud Benitez on Facebook