The Wholesome Table - Manila, Philippines
With four branches in the Philippines, The Wholesome Table offers family-style dining, with a focus on wholesome and high-quality ingredients. The Wholesome Table is planning to start its own farm to minimise uncertainties with food traders and product prices. This will also help to reduce raw food prices so that the establishment will be more accessible to more families.
Chef
Raymond Palmez, with 20 years of F&B experience under his belt, is the Corporate Chef at The Wholesome Table.
Inspiration
Every dish is conceptualised and prepared to cover at least four flavour components, for example, sweet, salty, bitter and peppery.
Signature dish
Kimchi Bowl - a plant-based meal with a well-balanced combination of sweet, sour, spicy and fermented flavours that promotes probiotics to aid digestion.
Advice for food operators
Chef Raymond Palmez says that it is crucial that the team is aligned with the healthy philosophy of the eatery so that they will adopt the same cooking methods and standardise food quality, without making compromises.
2019 health food prediction
For Chef Palmez, superfoods that aid brain performance may be the huge trend in 2019. Food ingredients that improve digestion and immunity may be getting popular too.
