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Executive Chef David Pardo De Ayala
Corporate Chef - The Discovery Leisure Company |
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About the Chef.
Born in Bogota, Colombia, Chef David started cooking almost as early as he started walking. From an early age, the kitchen proved his strongest vocation, and his professional path has been without detour.
Upon completing his basic culinary studies in 1990, Chef David became the youngest winner ever of his country's national culinary contest, the Nestle "Toca de Oro," and represented Colombia at gastronomic competitions of continental level.
After a number of years as chef de partie in five star hotels and as Executive Chef of independent operations, Chef David travelled to New York to further expand his professional scope and attended the prestigious Culinary Institute of America.
In Manhattan, he worked at some of the city's leading restaurants, such as Bouley, Le Bernardin and Lespinasse and cooked for the rich and famous in the Long Island summer resort town of East Hampton.
Settled in the Philippines in 1997, Chef David opened the prestigious Soleil Restaurant in Makati. He worked as Chef of Aqua Restaurant at the Enterprise Center and of Soleil Cafe Moderne at Greenbelt 2.
As the Corporate Chef of the Discovery hotel group, Chef David oversees the entire food and beverage operations of Discovery Suites in Ortigas Center, Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay and Discovery Shores Boracay.
The Chef is also a published feature writer and occasionally contributes for Philippine magazines such as Rogue and FB World. He is married to the former Gianella Rodriguez and blessed with three-year old daughter Sofia.
Awards and Citations
Restaurant Verbena,
DISCOVERY COUNTRY SUITES
• Top 5 (ranked number 2) in the Philippines, Miele Guide 2010 & 2011 editions
• Top 25 in the Philippines, Miele Guide 2009. Awarded
• Certified Fine Dining Restaurant by “La Chaine des Rotisseurs”
22 Prime
DISCOVERY SUITES
• Top 5 (ranked number 4) in the Philippies, Miele Guide 2011 Editon
• Top 25 in the Philippines, Miele Guide 200-2011. Awarded at the Hyatt, City of Dreams, Macau
• “Best Steakhouse”, 2010 and 2009 Nescafe Goldspot Awards. Awarded by Spot.Ph in Manila
• Nominee, “Best Fine Dining”, Manila’s Best Kept Restaurant Secrets (MBKRS) Awards.
Announcement of winners on November 24, 2010
• Certified Fine Dining Restaurant by “La Chaine des Rotisseurs”
Indigo
DISCOVERY SHORES BORACAY
• Top 25 in the Philippines, Miele Guide 2010 & 2011 editions
OTHERS:
• Nominee, “Best Chef”, Manila’s Best Kept Restaurant Secrets (MBKRS) Awards.
Announcement of winners on November 24, 2010
• One of Philippine Daily Inquirer’s “25 Movers and Shakers in the Restaurant Industry in the last 25 years”; December 9, 2010
• Member of “La Chaine des Rotisseurs”, in the grade of “Maitre Rotisseur”
• Member off the “Disciples of Escoffier” Society
• Member of “Les Toques Blanches, Philippines”
• Winner, Regional Nestle “Toca de Oro”, Bogota, Colombia. 1993
• Winner, National Nestle “Toca de Oro”, Bogota, Colombia. 1993
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