Success story: from home kitchen to a chain of Italian restaurants in Manila

She continued: «I returned home and spent almost ten years doing what became my new passion — cooking in people’s homes, slowly learning the basics of a career in the food industry. In 1997, I finally opened my first CIBO, a modern Italian cafe-paninoteca, inspired by the flourishing panini places in the cities of Milan and Rome. Since then, we have grown, proudly offering a wide range of authentic Italian dishes — antipasti, soups, salads, pastas, pizzas, main courses, desserts, and drinks. We continue to thrive in many locations in the city, bringing this true, modern taste of Italy to Manila»