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Margarita Forés
Margarita Araneta Forés (March 23, 1959 – February 11, 2025) was a Filipino chef and restaurateur. In 2016, she was named Asia's Best Female Chef on the World's 50 Best Restaurants. Forés initially worked in catering before launching the chain Cibo, as well as several individual restaurants. Early life Born on March 23, 1959, to Raul Forés and María Lourdes Araneta, Margarita Forés was a granddaughter of the tycoon J. Amado Araneta, owner and developer of the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City, and eminent surgeon Dr. Jose Y. Fores, one of the founders of the Makati Medical Center. She grew up in Manila until she was a freshman attending Assumption College San Lorenzo, when the family moved to New York City. The culture in her new city would eventually serve as inspiration for her culinary career, with Sunday visits to the same midtown American-Italian restaurant led to her interest in learning about the Italian food that was not so well known outside of the local area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country, two systems. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,. the territory is now one of the world's most signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
