Allow me to introduce my brother, Chef Louie Vincent Chua. Yesterday, he told me that he won the bronze medal in the High Tea category at the 2014 Philippine Culinary Cup.
I was so happy when I found out. He definitely made me very proud.
Louie usually assists in competition but this time, he decided to take a risk and put himself out there and it paid off! They were the only Hotel Group that won in that category. The gold went to Global and the silver went to Lyceum.
I'm still having the after glow from victory. Yeah yeah! It was him who competed but still I can't help but bask the glory.
You see, when my brother was 16 years old, my dad sent him to live with me after he graduated high school. My dad wanted to give him a gap year so that he wouldn't jump to university without knowing what he really wanted to do. It is all too common for HS students to get a course in college even if they are not yet sure what their passions are.
So Louie came to live with me. But he was a really fat kid then and all he did was eat and watch TV. That bothered me a lot. I couldn't stand it!
(Louie at 8 years old)
