Heny Sison, popularly known as Chef Heny, is a

pastry chef A pastry chef or pâtissier (; the French female version of the word is pâtissière ), is a station chef in a professional kitchen, skilled in the making of pastries, desserts, breads and other baked goods. They are employed in large hotels, bi ...

, cake decorator, and television host in the

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Early life

Sison started working as an economic researcher and

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. She enrolled in culinary classes to cultivate her interest in baking and cake decorating. She eventually resigned and started a business making birthday and wedding cakes as well as teaching baking and cake decorating.

Culinary school

In 1985, Sison opened the ''Heny Sison School of Cake Decorating and Baking''. Later, she renamed it to ''Heny Sison Culinary School'' after adding cooking classes to her regular baking repertoire to provide a more comprehensive culinary education. Today, her school holds recreational short courses and months-long culinary programs for serious culinary professionals. She has a pool of full-time and part-time chef-instructors specializing in Philippine, Asian, and European cuisine, among others.

Culinary training

Sison trained in various elements of cake decorating and baking at the Wilton School of Cake Decorating and Confectionery in Woodridge,

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; L'Academie de Cuisine in Bethesda,

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; Maid of Scandinavia in Minneapolis under Roland Winbeckler, Marsha Winbeckler and Marie Grainger; the

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at Greystone, Napa Valley and Draeger's Culinary Center in California.

Media exposure

Sison hosted a Sunday cooking show entitled ''A Taste of Life with Heny Sison'' aired on IBC-13 Television Network. She writes for culinary magazines and newspaper features. She has endorsed dairy products in television and print advertisements. Sison has also appeared either as a judge, commentator, or host in cooking competitions televised nationwide.

Business interests

Sison is a Director of ''Petal Craft International'', a firm which conducts training in the design of sugar flowers for export and local markets. She is also a Director of ''Cake Art International'', a retailer and wholesaler of confectionery, baking and cake decorating supplies.

Organizational affiliations

Sison is a member of the International Cake Exploration Society and the Bread Bakers Guild of America.

Client

Sison is famous for having baked wedding cakes of actresses

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-Jaworski and

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-Bektas.

External links

Heny Sison Culinary School

IBC-13 Television Network
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