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Monday, February 27, 2006
Worth it
By Jenara Regis Newman
THERE’S a new food and beverage manager in Waterfront Airport Hotel and Casino in Mactan. He is Michael John Moral, better known in culinary circles as Chef Miguel.
Manila-born Miguel migrated to Guam seven years ago. There he worked for Hyatt, then for Holiday Inn and for the Pacific Trading Club of downtown Pacific Ventures.
In January, he had several options for work in other parts of Asia and Canada but decided to work in his home country. “At heart,” he said, “I’m still Filipino.” And so he’s in Waterfront Mactan. It is his first time to be in Cebu.
Miguel finished a management course in San Sebastian College and a culinary course in the Good Housekeeping Institute in New York. He had been to the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong for training, in France and other European countries for training regarding wines.
He will make full use of these trainings, as well as his expertise in restaurant and kitchen management, for his job in Waterfront Mactan where, he said, his target “is to improve and maintain my relationship with customers so I can make them come back. The hotel is not accessible to public transport so we have to make our customers’ travel here worth it.”
As F&B manager of Waterfront Mactan, he is in charge of newly refurbished Uno, Café Fortuna at the casino, room service and banquet operations and the poolside veranda and the lobby lounge for which he plans a happy hour.
For the poolside veranda, he plans barbeque evenings and a Sunday family buffet.
For Uno he is thinking of themed buffets, but right now, since the hotel is catering to the Cebu and Asian market, Uno has a fusion buffet (of easily over 60 dishes!) with Japanese, Mediterranean, Filipino, continental and other cuisines. He is happy he is working with a very creative chef, Pat Obia. And he looks forward to the hotel opening a Japanese restaurant.
Miguel has been here only for a few weeks but already, he has made his presence and experience felt by Waterfront Mactan’s clientele.
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